Surah Az-Zumar 39:26 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 26 / 75 · Page 461

ۖ ۚ فَأَذَاقَهُمُ اللَّهُ الْخِزْيَ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

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ۚ
فَأَذَاقَهُمُ
fa-adhaqahumu
So Allah made them taste
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
So Allah made them taste
الْخِزْيَ
al-khiz'ya
the disgrace
فِي
fi
in
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
وَلَعَذَابُ
wala'adhabu
and certainly (the) punishment
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
(of) the Hereafter
أَكْبَرُ
akbaru
(is) greater
لَوْ
law
if
كَانُوا
kanu
they
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
knew

Transliteration

Fa azaaqahumul laahul khizya fil hayaatid dunyaa wa la'azaabul Aakirati akbar; law kaanoo ya'lamoon

Translation

So Allah made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

By this punishment Allah made them taste humiliation, disgrace and shame in the worldly life. The punishment of the Hereafter that awaits them is worse and more severe if they only knew.

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

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