Surah Ar-Rahman 55:41 — translation and meaning

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يُعْرَفُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَاهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِالنَّوَاصِي وَالْأَقْدَامِ

Word by Word

يُعْرَفُ
yu'rafu
Will be known
الْمُجْرِمُونَ
al-muj'rimuna
the criminals
بِسِيمَاهُمْ
bisimahum
by their marks
فَيُؤْخَذُ
fayu'khadhu
and will be seized
بِالنَّوَاصِي
bil-nawasi
by the forelocks
وَالْأَقْدَامِ
wal-aqdami
and the feet

Transliteration

Yu'raful mujrimoona biseemaahum fa'yu'khazu binna waasi wal aqdaam

Translation

The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The guilty ones will be recognised on that day by their mark, which is the blackness of their faces and the blueness of their eyes. Their forelocks will be tied to their feet and they will be thrown into Hell.

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

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