Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 72 (39:72)

ٱلزُّمَر

قِيلَ ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ أَبْوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا ۖ فَبِئْسَ مَثْوَى ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

Quran 39:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 466 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:72
قِيلَٱدْخُلُوٓا۟أَبْوَٰبَجَهَنَّمَخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَا ۖفَبِئْسَمَثْوَىٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ٧٢
qīla ud'khulū abwāba jahannama khālidīna fīhā fabi'sa mathwā l-mutakabirīna

[To them] it will be said, "Enter the gates of Hell to abide eternally therein, and wretched is the residence of the arrogant."(72)

Word by word

  1. قِيلَqīlaIt will be said
  2. ٱدْخُلُوٓا۟ud'khulūEnter
  3. أَبْوَٰبَabwāba(the) gates
  4. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
  5. خَٰلِدِينَkhālidīna(to) abide eternally
  6. فِيهَا ۖfīhātherein
  7. فَبِئْسَfabi'saand wretched is
  8. مَثْوَىmathwā(the) abode
  9. ٱلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَl-mutakabirīna(of) the arrogant

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