Surah Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 43 (70:43)

ٱلْمَعَارِج

يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

Quran 70:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-Ma'arij (“The Ascending Stairways”), a Meccan surah of 44 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 570 of the Madani Mushaf.

70:43
يَوْمَيَخْرُجُونَمِنَٱلْأَجْدَاثِسِرَاعًاكَأَنَّهُمْإِلَىٰنُصُبٍيُوفِضُونَ٤٣
yawma yakhrujūna mina l-ajdāthi sirāʿan ka-annahum ilā nuṣubin yūfiḍūna

The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.(43)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. يَخْرُجُونَyakhrujūnathey will come out
  3. مِنَminafrom
  4. ٱلْأَجْدَاثِl-ajdāthithe graves
  5. سِرَاعًاsirāʿanrapidly
  6. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
  7. إِلَىٰilāto
  8. نُصُبٍnuṣubina goal
  9. يُوفِضُونَyūfiḍūnahastening

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