Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:16 — translation and meaning

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يَوْمَ نَبْطِشُ الْبَطْشَةَ الْكُبْرَى إِنَّا مُنتَقِمُونَ

Word by Word

يَوْمَ
yawma
(The) Day
نَبْطِشُ
nabtishu
We will seize
الْبَطْشَةَ
al-batshata
(with) the seizure
الْكُبْرَى
al-kub'ra
the greatest
إِنَّا
inna
indeed We
مُنتَقِمُونَ
muntaqimuna
(will) take retribution

Transliteration

Yawma nabtishul batsha tal kubraa innaa muntaqimoon

Translation

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! Wait for the day when I will seize the disbelievers with the greatest seizing, by entering them into the hellfire on the Day of Judgement wherein they will live forever. I will take retribution from them for their disbelief in Allah and rejecting His messengers.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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