Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:55 — translation and meaning

العنكبوت · Verse 55 / 69 · Page 403

يَوْمَ يَغْشَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

Word by Word

يَوْمَ
yawma
On (the) Day
يَغْشَاهُمُ
yaghshahumu
will cover them
الْعَذَابُ
al-'adhabu
the punishment
مِن
min
from
فَوْقِهِمْ
fawqihim
above them
وَمِن
wamin
and from
تَحْتِ
tahti
below
أَرْجُلِهِمْ
arjulihim
their feet
وَيَقُولُ
wayaqulu
and He will say
ذُوقُوا
dhuqu
Taste
مَا
ma
what
كُنتُمْ
kuntum
you used
تَعْمَلُونَ
ta'maluna
(to) do

Transliteration

Yawma yaghshaahumul 'azaabu min fawqihim wa min tahti arjulim wa yaqoolu zooqoo maa kuntum ta'maloon

Translation

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

On the day when the punishment will cover them from above and will be spread under their feet, Allah will say to them, rebuking them, “Taste the requital of the idolatry and sins you used to commit!”

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

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