Surah Al-Fajr, Ayah 23 (89:23)

ٱلْفَجْر

وَجِا۟ىٓءَ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ ٱلذِّكْرَىٰ

Quran 89:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Al-Fajr (“The Dawn”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 594 of the Madani Mushaf.

89:23
وَجِا۟ىٓءَيَوْمَئِذٍۭبِجَهَنَّمَ ۚيَوْمَئِذٍيَتَذَكَّرُٱلْإِنسَٰنُوَأَنَّىٰلَهُٱلذِّكْرَىٰ٢٣
wajīa yawma-idhin bijahannama yawma-idhin yatadhakkaru l-insānu wa-annā lahu l-dhik'rā

And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but how [i.e., what good] to him will be the remembrance?(23)

Word by word

  1. وَجِا۟ىٓءَwajīaAnd is brought
  2. يَوْمَئِذٍۭyawma-idhinthat Day
  3. بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚbijahannamaHell
  4. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinThat Day
  5. يَتَذَكَّرُyatadhakkaruwill remember
  6. ٱلْإِنسَٰنُl-insānuman
  7. وَأَنَّىٰwa-annābut how
  8. لَهُlahu(will be) for him
  9. ٱلذِّكْرَىٰl-dhik'rāthe remembrance

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