Quran 39:47

Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 47

Juz 24 · Page 463 · Ruku 400 · Meccan

وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ بِهِۦ مِن سُوٓءِ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَبَدَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَحْتَسِبُونَ

Word by word

وَلَوْ walaw And if أَنَّ anna And if لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna those who ظَلَمُوا۟ ẓalamū did wrong مَا mā (had) whatever فِى fī (is) in ٱلْأَرْضِ l-arḍi the earth جَمِيعًۭا jamīʿan all وَمِثْلَهُۥ wamith'lahu and (the) like of it مَعَهُۥ maʿahu with it لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟ la-if'tadaw they would ransom بِهِۦ bihi with it مِن min from سُوٓءِ sūi (the) evil ٱلْعَذَابِ l-ʿadhābi (of) the punishment يَوْمَ yawma (on the) Day ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection وَبَدَا wabadā And (will) appear لَهُم lahum to them مِّنَ mina from ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah مَا mā what لَمْ lam not يَكُونُوا۟ yakūnū they had يَحْتَسِبُونَ yaḥtasibūna taken into account

Transliteration

Walaw anna lillatheena thalamooma fee al-ardi jameeAAan wamithlahu maAAahu laftadawbihi min soo-i alAAathabi yawma alqiyamati wabadalahum mina Allahi ma lam yakoonoo yahtasiboon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And though those who do wrong possess all that is in the earth, and therewith as much again, they verily will seek to ransom themselves therewith on the Day of Resurrection from the awful doom; and there will appear unto them, from their Lord, that wherewith they never reckoned.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Even if the wrong-doers had all that there is on earth, and as much more, (in vain) would they offer it for ransom from the pain of the Penalty on the Day of Judgment: but something will confront them from Allah, which they could never have counted upon!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( ولو أن للذين ظلموا ) وهم المشركون ، ( ما في الأرض جميعا ومثله معه ) أي : ولو أن جميع ملك الأرض وضعفه معه ( لافتدوا به من سوء العذاب ) أي : الذي أوجبه الله لهم يوم القيامة ، ومع هذا لا يتقبل منهم الفداء ولو كان ملء الأرض ذهبا ، كما قال في الآية الأخرى : ( وبدا لهم من الله ما لم يكونوا يحتسبون ) أي : وظهر لهم من الله من العذاب والنكال بهم ما لم يكن في بالهم ولا في حسابهم ، .