Surah Al-Anbiya 21:46 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 46 / 112 · Page 326

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَاوَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَلَئِن
wala-in
And if
مَّسَّتْهُمْ
massathum
touches them
نَفْحَةٌ
nafhatun
a whiff
مِّنْ
min
of
عَذَابِ
adhabi
(the) punishment
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
لَيَقُولُنَّ
layaqulunna
surely they will say
يَاوَيْلَنَا
yawaylana
O woe to us!
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed we
كُنَّا
kunna
[we] were
ظَالِمِينَ
zalimina
wrongdoers

Transliteration

Wa la'im massat hum nafhatum min 'azaabi Rabbika la yaqoolunna yaawailanaaa innnaa kunnaa zaalimeen

Translation

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger! If some of punishment of your Lord was to afflict these people who are seeking it hastily, they would then say, “Woe to our destruction and loss! We were wrong in our ascribing partners to Allah and rejecting what Muhammad peace be upon him brought to us!”

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

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