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Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 46 (21:46)

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وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Quran 21:46 is ayah 46 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 326 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:46
وَلَئِنمَّسَّتْهُمْنَفْحَةٌمِّنْعَذَابِرَبِّكَلَيَقُولُنَّيَٰوَيْلَنَآإِنَّاكُنَّاظَٰلِمِينَ٤٦
wala-in massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."(46)

Word by word

  1. وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
  2. مَّسَّتْهُمْmassathumtouches them
  3. نَفْحَةٌnafḥatuna whiff
  4. مِّنْminof
  5. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
  6. رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
  7. لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say
  8. يَٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
  9. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  10. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
  11. ظَٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

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