Surah Ar-Rum 30:55 — translation and meaning

الروم · Verse 55 / 60 · Page 410

ۚ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ السَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ الْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ كَذَلِكَ كَانُوا يُؤْفَكُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
And (the) Day
تَقُومُ
taqumu
will (be) established
السَّاعَةُ
al-sa'atu
the Hour
يُقْسِمُ
yuq'simu
will swear
الْمُجْرِمُونَ
al-muj'rimuna
the criminals
مَا
ma
not
لَبِثُوا
labithu
they remained
غَيْرَ
ghayra
but
سَاعَةٍ
sa'atin
an hour
كَذَلِكَ
kadhalika
Thus
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
يُؤْفَكُونَ
yu'fakuna
deluded

Transliteration

Wa Yawma taqoomus Saa'atu yuqsimul mujrimoona maa labisoo ghaira saa'ah; kazaalika kaanoo yu'fakoon

Translation

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

On the day judgement shall occur, the criminals will swear that had not been in their graves except a very short period of time. Likewise they were deluded in the world by denying the truth.

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

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