Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 3 (15:3)

ٱلْحِجْر

ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

Quran 15:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 262 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:3
ذَرْهُمْيَأْكُلُوا۟وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟وَيُلْهِهِمُٱلْأَمَلُ ۖفَسَوْفَيَعْلَمُونَ٣
dharhum yakulū wayatamattaʿū wayul'hihimu l-amalu fasawfa yaʿlamūna

Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.(3)

Word by word

  1. ذَرْهُمْdharhumLeave them
  2. يَأْكُلُوا۟yakulū(to) eat
  3. وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟wayatamattaʿūand enjoy
  4. وَيُلْهِهِمُwayul'hihimuand diverted them
  5. ٱلْأَمَلُ ۖl-amaluthe hope
  6. فَسَوْفَfasawfathen soon
  7. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey will come to know

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