Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 6 (46:6)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

وَإِذَا حُشِرَ ٱلنَّاسُ كَانُوا۟ لَهُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَكَانُوا۟ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ كَٰفِرِينَ

Quran 46:6 is ayah 6 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 503 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:6
وَإِذَاحُشِرَٱلنَّاسُكَانُوا۟لَهُمْأَعْدَآءًوَكَانُوا۟بِعِبَادَتِهِمْكَٰفِرِينَ٦
wa-idhā ḥushira l-nāsu kānū lahum aʿdāan wakānū biʿibādatihim kāfirīna

And when the people are gathered [that Day], they [who were invoked] will be enemies to them, and they will be deniers of their worship.(6)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. حُشِرَḥushiraare gathered
  3. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
  4. كَانُوا۟kānūthey will be
  5. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  6. أَعْدَآءًaʿdāanenemies
  7. وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they will be
  8. بِعِبَادَتِهِمْbiʿibādatihimof their worship
  9. كَٰفِرِينَkāfirīnadeniers

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