Surah Ghafir 40:18 — translation and meaning

غافر · Verse 18 / 85 · Page 469

ۚ وَأَنذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْآزِفَةِ إِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَنَاجِرِ كَاظِمِينَ مَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَأَنذِرْهُمْ
wa-andhir'hum
And warn them
يَوْمَ
yawma
(of the) Day
الْآزِفَةِ
al-azifati
the Approaching
إِذِ
idhi
when
الْقُلُوبُ
al-qulubu
the hearts
لَدَى
lada
(are) at
الْحَنَاجِرِ
al-hanajiri
the throats
كَاظِمِينَ
kazimina
choked
مَا
ma
Not
لِلظَّالِمِينَ
lilzzalimina
for the wrongdoers
مِنْ
min
any
حَمِيمٍ
hamimin
intimate friend
وَلَا
wala
and no
شَفِيعٍ
shafi'in
intercessor
يُطَاعُ
yuta'u
(who) is obeyed

Transliteration

Wa anzirhum yawmal aazifati izil quloobu ladal hanaajiri kaazimeen; maa lizzaalimeena min hameeminw wa laa shafee'iny-yutaa'

Translation

And warn them, [O Muhammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger, warn them of the day of judgment. This day of judgment which has drawn near and is coming, and everything which is coming will soon arrive. When the hearts will rise, due to its intense horror, until they reach the throats, They will all be silent, with none of them speaking except whom the Merciful gives permission to. Those who wronged themselves through idolatry and sins will not have any friend, relative or an intercessor who will listen, even if he had the ability to intercede.

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

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