Surah An-Nur, Ayah 57 (24:57)

ٱلنُّور

لَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ ۖ وَلَبِئْسَ …

Quran 24:57 is ayah 57 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 357 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:57
لَاتَحْسَبَنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مُعْجِزِينَفِىٱلْأَرْضِ ۚوَمَأْوَىٰهُمُٱلنَّارُ ۖوَلَبِئْسَٱلْمَصِيرُ٥٧
lā taḥsabanna alladhīna kafarū muʿ'jizīna fī l-arḍi wamawāhumu l-nāru walabi'sa l-maṣīru

Never think that the disbelievers are causing failure [to Allāh] upon the earth. Their refuge will be the Fire - and how wretched the destination.(57)

Word by word

  1. لَاlā(Do) not
  2. تَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabannathink
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  5. مُعْجِزِينَmuʿ'jizīna(can) escape
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
  8. وَمَأْوَىٰهُمُwamawāhumuAnd their abode
  9. ٱلنَّارُ ۖl-nāru(will be) the Fire
  10. وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'saand wretched is
  11. ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīruthe destination

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