Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 72 (22:72)

ٱلْحَجّ

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ …

Quran 22:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 340 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:72
وَإِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتُنَابَيِّنَٰتٍتَعْرِفُفِىوُجُوهِٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖيَكَادُونَيَسْطُونَبِٱلَّذِينَيَتْلُونَعَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتِنَا ۗقُلْأَفَأُنَبِّئُكُمبِشَرٍّمِّنذَٰلِكُمُ ۗٱلنَّارُوَعَدَهَاٱللَّهُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ ۖوَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ٧٢
wa-idhā tut'lā ʿalayhim āyātunā bayyinātin taʿrifu fī wujūhi alladhīna kafarū l-munkara yakādūna yasṭūna bi-alladhīna yatlūna ʿalayhim āyātinā qul afa-unabbi-ukum bisharrin min dhālikumu l-nāru waʿadahā l-lahu alladhīna kafarū wabi'sa l-maṣīru

And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that? [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."(72)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. تُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recited
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  4. ءَايَٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Verses
  5. بَيِّنَٰتٍbayyinātinclear
  6. تَعْرِفُtaʿrifuyou will recognize
  7. فِىfīon
  8. وُجُوهِwujūhi(the) faces
  9. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  10. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  11. ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖl-munkarathe denial
  12. يَكَادُونَyakādūnaThey almost
  13. يَسْطُونَyasṭūnaattack
  14. بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīnathose who
  15. يَتْلُونَyatlūnarecite
  16. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  17. ءَايَٰتِنَا ۗāyātināOur Verses
  18. قُلْqulSay
  19. أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُمafa-unabbi-ukumThen shall I inform you
  20. بِشَرٍّbisharrinof worse
  21. مِّنminthan
  22. ذَٰلِكُمُ ۗdhālikumuthat
  23. ٱلنَّارُl-nāruThe Fire
  24. وَعَدَهَاwaʿadahāAllah (has) promised it
  25. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah (has) promised it
  26. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(for) those who
  27. كَفَرُوا۟ ۖkafarūdisbelieve
  28. وَبِئْسَwabi'saand wretched
  29. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the destination

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