Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 77 (23:77)

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حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

Quran 23:77 is ayah 77 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 347 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:77
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَافَتَحْنَاعَلَيْهِمبَابًاذَاعَذَابٍشَدِيدٍإِذَاهُمْفِيهِمُبْلِسُونَ٧٧
ḥattā idhā fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban dhā ʿadhābin shadīdin idhā hum fīhi mub'lisūna

Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.(77)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. فَتَحْنَاfataḥnāWe opened
  4. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimfor them
  5. بَابًاbābana gate
  6. ذَاdhāof a punishment
  7. عَذَابٍʿadhābinof a punishment
  8. شَدِيدٍshadīdinsevere
  9. إِذَاidhābehold
  10. هُمْhumThey
  11. فِيهِfīhiin it
  12. مُبْلِسُونَmub'lisūna(will be in) despair

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