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Quran 21:97

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 97

Juz 17 · Page 330 · Ruku 284 · Meccan

وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Word by word

وَٱقْتَرَبَ wa-iq'taraba And has approached ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu the promise ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu [the] true فَإِذَا fa-idhā then behold هِىَ hiya [it] شَـٰخِصَةٌ shākhiṣatun (are) staring أَبْصَـٰرُ abṣāru (the) eyes ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna (of) those who كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved يَـٰوَيْلَنَا yāwaylanā O woe to us قَدْ qad Verily كُنَّا kunnā we had been فِى fī in غَفْلَةٍۢ ghaflatin heedlessness مِّنْ min of هَـٰذَا hādhā this بَلْ bal nay كُنَّا kunnā we were ظَـٰلِمِينَ ẓālimīna wrongdoers

Transliteration

Waqtaraba alwaAAdu alhaqqufa-itha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheenakafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatinmin hatha bal kunna thalimeen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then will the true promise draw nigh (of fulfilment): then behold! the eyes of the Unbelievers will fixedly stare in horror: "Ah! Woe to us! we were indeed heedless of this; nay, we truly did wrong!"

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( واقترب الوعد الحق ) يعني : يوم القيامة ، إذا وجدت هذه الأهوال والزلازل والبلابل ، أزفت الساعة واقتربت ، فإذا كانت ووقعت قال الكافرون : ( هذا يوم عسر ) [ القمر : 8 ] . ولهذا قال تعالى : ( فإذا هي شاخصة أبصار الذين كفروا ) أي : من شدة ما يشاهدونه من الأمور العظام : ( يا ويلنا ) أي : يقولون : ( يا ويلنا قد كنا في غفلة من هذا ) أي : في الدنيا ، ( بل كنا ظالمين ) ، يعترفون بظلمهم لأنفسهم ، حيث لا ينفعهم ذلك .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.