Surah An-Naba, Ayah 40 (78:40)

ٱلنَّبَأ

إِنَّآ أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْ عَذَابًا قَرِيبًا يَوْمَ يَنظُرُ ٱلْمَرْءُ مَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاهُ وَيَقُولُ …

Quran 78:40 is ayah 40 of Surah An-Naba (“The Tidings”), a Meccan surah of 40 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 583 of the Madani Mushaf.

78:40
إِنَّآأَنذَرْنَٰكُمْعَذَابًاقَرِيبًايَوْمَيَنظُرُٱلْمَرْءُمَاقَدَّمَتْيَدَاهُوَيَقُولُٱلْكَافِرُيَٰلَيْتَنِىكُنتُتُرَٰبًۢا٤٠
innā andharnākum ʿadhāban qarīban yawma yanẓuru l-maru mā qaddamat yadāhu wayaqūlu l-kāfiru yālaytanī kuntu turāban

Indeed, We have warned you of an impending punishment on the Day when a man will observe what his hands have put forth and the disbeliever will say, "Oh, I wish that I were dust!"(40)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed We
  2. أَنذَرْنَٰكُمْandharnākum[We] have warned you
  3. عَذَابًاʿadhāban(of) a punishment
  4. قَرِيبًاqarībannear
  5. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
  6. يَنظُرُyanẓuruwill see
  7. ٱلْمَرْءُl-maruthe man
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. قَدَّمَتْqaddamathave sent forth
  10. يَدَاهُyadāhuhis hands
  11. وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand will say
  12. ٱلْكَافِرُl-kāfiruthe disbeliever
  13. يَٰلَيْتَنِىyālaytanīO I wish
  14. كُنتُkuntuI were
  15. تُرَٰبًۢاturābandust

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