Surah Al-Muzzammil 73:17 — translation and meaning

المزمل · Verse 17 / 20 · Page 574

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا

Word by Word

فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
Then how
تَتَّقُونَ
tattaquna
will you guard yourselves
إِن
in
if
كَفَرْتُمْ
kafartum
you disbelieve
يَوْمًا
yawman
a Day
يَجْعَلُ
yaj'alu
(that) will make
الْوِلْدَانَ
al-wil'dana
the children
شِيبًا
shiban
gray-headed

Transliteration

Fakaifa tattaqoona in kafartum yawmany yaj'alul wildaana sheeba

Translation

Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So how will you protect yourselves - if you reject Allah and deny His messenger - from a long, severe day that will make the head of young children white because of the severity of its horror and its length.

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

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