Surah Al-Anbiya 21:39 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 39 / 112 · Page 325
لَوْ يَعْلَمُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ النَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ
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Transliteration
Law ya'lamul lazeena kafaroo heena laa yakuffoona 'anw wujoohihimun Naara wa laa 'an zuhoorihim wa laa hum yunsaroon
Translation
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If these disbelieving rejecters of the resurrection were to know of the time when they will not be able to turn the hellfire away from their faces and backs, they would not be so hasty in seeking it. If only they were to know that there shall be no one to help relieve them of the punishment, and if only they were convinced of its reality, they would not be so hasty either.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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