Surah Fussilat 41:20 — translation and meaning

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حَتَّى إِذَا مَا جَاءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

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حَتَّى
hatta
Until
إِذَا
idha
when
مَا
ma
when
جَاءُوهَا
jauha
they come to it
شَهِدَ
shahida
(will) testify
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
against them
سَمْعُهُمْ
sam'uhum
their hearing
وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ
wa-absaruhum
and their sight
وَجُلُودُهُم
wajuluduhum
and their skins
بِمَا
bima
(as) to what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used (to)
يَعْمَلُونَ
ya'maluna
do

Transliteration

Hattaaa izaa maa jaaa'oohaa shahida 'alaihim samu'uhum wa absaaruhum wa julooduhum bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

Translation

Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When they come to the hellfire they are driven towards and deny the actions they would do in the world, their ears, eyes and skins will testify to their sins and disbelief in the world.

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

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