Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 97 (21:97)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ …

Quran 21:97 is ayah 97 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 330 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:97
وَٱقْتَرَبَٱلْوَعْدُٱلْحَقُّفَإِذَاهِىَشَٰخِصَةٌأَبْصَٰرُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يَٰوَيْلَنَاقَدْكُنَّافِىغَفْلَةٍمِّنْهَٰذَابَلْكُنَّاظَٰلِمِينَ٩٧
wa-iq'taraba l-waʿdu l-ḥaqu fa-idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣāru alladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatin min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīna

And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."(97)

Word by word

  1. وَٱقْتَرَبَwa-iq'tarabaAnd has approached
  2. ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduthe promise
  3. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu[the] true
  4. فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
  5. هِىَhiya[it]
  6. شَٰخِصَةٌshākhiṣatun(are) staring
  7. أَبْصَٰرُabṣāru(the) eyes
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  9. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  10. يَٰوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāO woe to us
  11. قَدْqadVerily
  12. كُنَّاkunnāwe had been
  13. فِىfīin
  14. غَفْلَةٍghaflatinheedlessness
  15. مِّنْminof
  16. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  17. بَلْbalnay
  18. كُنَّاkunnāwe were
  19. ظَٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers

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