Surah Az-Zumar 39:68 — translation and meaning

الزمر · Verse 68 / 75 · Page 466

ۖ وَنُفِخَ فِي الصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَن فِي الْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَى فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَنُفِخَ
wanufikha
And (will) be blown
فِي
fi
[in]
الصُّورِ
al-suri
the trumpet
فَصَعِقَ
fasa'iqa
then (will) fall dead
مَن
man
whoever
فِي
fi
(is) in
السَّمَاوَاتِ
al-samawati
the heavens
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
فِي
fi
(is) on
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
إِلَّا
illa
except
مَن
man
whom
شَاءَ
shaa
Allah wills
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah wills
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
نُفِخَ
nufikha
(it will) be blown
فِيهِ
fihi
[in it]
أُخْرَى
ukh'ra
a second time
فَإِذَا
fa-idha
and behold
هُمْ
hum
They
قِيَامٌ
qiyamun
(will be) standing
يَنظُرُونَ
yanzuruna
waiting

Transliteration

Wa nufikha fis Soori fas'iqa man fis samaawaati wa man fil ardi illaa man shaa'al lahu summa nufikha feehi ukhraa fa izaa hum qiyaamuny yanzuroon

Translation

And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be standing, looking on.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

On the day when the angel appointed to blow the trumpet will blow it, everyone in the heavens and the earth will die. Then the angel will blow it a second time for the resurrection, and they will all stand up alive, looking on to see what Allah will do to them.

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

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