Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 55 (29:55)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا …

Quran 29:55 is ayah 55 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 403 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:55
يَوْمَيَغْشَىٰهُمُٱلْعَذَابُمِنفَوْقِهِمْوَمِنتَحْتِأَرْجُلِهِمْوَيَقُولُذُوقُوا۟مَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٥٥
yawma yaghshāhumu l-ʿadhābu min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim wayaqūlu dhūqū mā kuntum taʿmalūna

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."(55)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawmaOn (the) Day
  2. يَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumuwill cover them
  3. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
  4. مِنminfrom
  5. فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
  6. وَمِنwaminand from
  7. تَحْتِtaḥtibelow
  8. أَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihimtheir feet
  9. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say
  10. ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
  11. مَاmāwhat
  12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
  13. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do

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