Surah Al-Anbiya 21:1 — translation and meaning
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اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ
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اقْتَرَبَ
iq'taraba
(Has) approached
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnasi
for [the] mankind
حِسَابُهُمْ
hisabuhum
their account
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
فِي
fi
(are) in
غَفْلَةٍ
ghaflatin
heedlessness
مُّعْرِضُونَ
mu'riduna
turning away
Transliteration
Iqtaraba linnaasi hisaa buhum wa hum fee ghaflatim mu'ridoon
Translation
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
People’s being taken to account for their actions on the Day of Judgment has come close, but they are turning away from the afterlife in their unmindfulness, due to their being preoccupied with the world.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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