Surah An-Nahl 16:85 — translation and meaning

النحل · Verse 85 / 128 · Page 276

وَإِذَا رَأَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا الْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

Word by Word

وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
رَأَى
raa
(will) see
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
ظَلَمُوا
zalamu
wronged
الْعَذَابَ
al-'adhaba
the punishment
فَلَا
fala
then not
يُخَفَّفُ
yukhaffafu
it will be lightened
عَنْهُمْ
anhum
for them
وَلَا
wala
and not
هُمْ
hum
they
يُنظَرُونَ
yunzaruna
will be given respite

Transliteration

Wa izaa ra al lazeena zalamul 'azaaba falaa yukhaf fafu 'anhum wa laa hum yunzaroon

Translation

And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When the wrongdoers and idolaters will see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them and they will not be given respite by it being delayed from them. Instead, they will enter it to live in it forever.

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

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