Surah Al-Qiyama 75:26 — translation and meaning

القيامة · Verse 26 / 40 · Page 578

كَلَّا إِذَا بَلَغَتِ التَّرَاقِيَ

Word by Word

كَلَّا
kalla
No!
إِذَا
idha
When
بَلَغَتِ
balaghati
it reaches
التَّرَاقِيَ
al-taraqiya
the collar bones

Transliteration

Kallaaa izaa balaghatit taraaqee

Translation

No! When the soul has reached the collar bones

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The matter is not as the idolaters imagined - that they will not be punished when they die. When the soul of any one of them reaches the upper part of his chest.

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

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