Surah Al-Qalam 68:43 — translation and meaning
القلم · Verse 43 / 52 · Page 566
ۖ خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
Word by Word
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خَاشِعَةً
khashi'atan
Humbled
أَبْصَارُهُمْ
absaruhum
their eyes
تَرْهَقُهُمْ
tarhaquhum
will cover them
ذِلَّةٌ
dhillatun
humiliation
وَقَدْ
waqad
And indeed
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
يُدْعَوْنَ
yud'awna
called
إِلَى
ila
to
السُّجُودِ
al-sujudi
prostrate
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
سَالِمُونَ
salimuna
(were) sound
Transliteration
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillatunw wa qad kaanoo yud'awna ilassujoodi wa hum saalimoon
Translation
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
Their eyesight will be humiliated; humiliation and regret will overcome them. Yet in the world, they were asked to prostrate to Allah while they were in safety from what they will be facing on that day.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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