Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 40 (39:40)

ٱلزُّمَر

مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

Quran 39:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 462 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:40
مَنيَأْتِيهِعَذَابٌيُخْزِيهِوَيَحِلُّعَلَيْهِعَذَابٌمُّقِيمٌ٤٠
man yatīhi ʿadhābun yukh'zīhi wayaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābun muqīmun

To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."(40)

Word by word

  1. مَنman(Upon) whom
  2. يَأْتِيهِyatīhiwill come
  3. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
  4. يُخْزِيهِyukh'zīhidisgracing him
  5. وَيَحِلُّwayaḥilluand descends
  6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
  7. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
  8. مُّقِيمٌmuqīmuneverlasting

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