Surah As-Saffat 37:49 — translation and meaning

الصافات · Verse 49 / 182 · Page 447

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيْضٌ مَّكْنُونٌ

Word by Word

كَأَنَّهُنَّ
ka-annahunna
As if they were
بَيْضٌ
baydun
eggs
مَّكْنُونٌ
maknunun
well protected

Transliteration

Ka annahunna baidum maknoon

Translation

As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

In their white complexation blended with a tinge of redness, it will be as if they were ostrich eggs covered by feathers from the wind and dust; protected and untouched by any hand.

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

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