Surah Al-Ma'arij 70:11 — translation and meaning
المعارج · Verse 11 / 44 · Page 569
ۚ يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ يَوَدُّ الْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِي مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍ بِبَنِيهِ
Word by Word
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يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ
yubassarunahum
They will be made to see each other
يَوَدُّ
yawaddu
Would wish
الْمُجْرِمُ
al-muj'rimu
the criminal
لَوْ
law
if
يَفْتَدِي
yaftadi
he (could be) ransomed
مِنْ
min
from
عَذَابِ
adhabi
(the) punishment
يَوْمِئِذٍ
yawmi-idhin
(of) that Day
بِبَنِيهِ
bibanihi
by his children
Transliteration
Yubassaroonahum; ya waddul mujrimu law yaftadee min 'azaabi yawma'izim bibaneeh
Translation
They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Each human will see their relatives clearly, yet despite that no one will ask another due to the horror of the scenario. The one deserving of the hellfire will wish to present his children to the punishment instead of himself.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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