Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 20 (46:20)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَذْهَبْتُمْ طَيِّبَٰتِكُمْ فِى حَيَاتِكُمُ …

Quran 46:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 504 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:20
وَيَوْمَيُعْرَضُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟عَلَىٱلنَّارِأَذْهَبْتُمْطَيِّبَٰتِكُمْفِىحَيَاتِكُمُٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمبِهَافَٱلْيَوْمَتُجْزَوْنَعَذَابَٱلْهُونِبِمَاكُنتُمْتَسْتَكْبِرُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَفْسُقُونَ٢٠
wayawma yuʿ'raḍu alladhīna kafarū ʿalā l-nāri adhhabtum ṭayyibātikum fī ḥayātikumu l-dun'yā wa-is'tamtaʿtum bihā fal-yawma tuj'zawna ʿadhāba l-hūni bimā kuntum tastakbirūna fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi wabimā kuntum tafsuqūna

And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "You exhausted your pleasures during your worldly life and enjoyed them, so this Day you will be awarded the punishment of [extreme] humiliation because you were arrogant upon the earth without right and because you were defiantly disobedient."(20)

Word by word

  1. وَيَوْمَwayawmaAnd (the) Day
  2. يُعْرَضُyuʿ'raḍuwill be exposed
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  5. عَلَىʿalāto
  6. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
  7. أَذْهَبْتُمْadhhabtumYou exhausted
  8. طَيِّبَٰتِكُمْṭayyibātikumyour good things
  9. فِىfīin
  10. حَيَاتِكُمُḥayātikumuyour life
  11. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  12. وَٱسْتَمْتَعْتُمwa-is'tamtaʿtumand you took your pleasures
  13. بِهَاbihātherein
  14. فَٱلْيَوْمَfal-yawmaSo today
  15. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou will be recompensed
  16. عَذَابَʿadhāba(with) a punishment
  17. ٱلْهُونِl-hūnihumiliating
  18. بِمَاbimābecause
  19. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
  20. تَسْتَكْبِرُونَtastakbirūnaarrogant
  21. فِىfīin
  22. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  23. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  24. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
  25. وَبِمَاwabimāand because
  26. كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
  27. تَفْسُقُونَtafsuqūnadefiantly disobedient

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