Surah Fussilat, Ayah 20 (41:20)

فُصِّلَت

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ …

Quran 41:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 478 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:20
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَامَاجَآءُوهَاشَهِدَعَلَيْهِمْسَمْعُهُمْوَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْوَجُلُودُهُمبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٢٠
ḥattā idhā mā jāūhā shahida ʿalayhim samʿuhum wa-abṣāruhum wajulūduhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.(20)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. مَاmāwhen
  4. جَآءُوهَاjāūhāthey come to it
  5. شَهِدَshahida(will) testify
  6. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
  7. سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhumtheir hearing
  8. وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْwa-abṣāruhumand their sight
  9. وَجُلُودُهُمwajulūduhumand their skins
  10. بِمَاbimā(as) to what
  11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  12. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūnado

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