Surah An-Nazi'at 79:46 — translation and meaning

النازعات · Verse 46 / 46 · Page 584

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا

Word by Word

كَأَنَّهُمْ
ka-annahum
As though they
يَوْمَ
yawma
(the) Day
يَرَوْنَهَا
yarawnaha
they see it
لَمْ
lam
not
يَلْبَثُوا
yalbathu
they had remained
إِلَّا
illa
except
عَشِيَّةً
ashiyyatan
an evening
أَوْ
aw
or
ضُحَاهَا
duhaha
a morning thereof

Transliteration

Ka annahum Yawma yarawnahaa lam yalbasooo illaa 'ashiyyatan aw duhaahaa

Translation

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

It is as if on the day they see the Hour for themselves, they will not have remained in their worldly lives except for a single evening or morning.

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

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