Surah Ibrahim 14:42 — translation and meaning

إبراهيم · Verse 42 / 52 · Page 260

ۚ وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَارُ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَحْسَبَنَّ
tahsabanna
think
اللَّهَ
al-laha
(that) Allah
غَافِلًا
ghafilan
(is) unaware
عَمَّا
amma
of what
يَعْمَلُ
ya'malu
do
الظَّالِمُونَ
al-zalimuna
the wrongdoers
إِنَّمَا
innama
Only
يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ
yu-akhiruhum
He gives them respite
لِيَوْمٍ
liyawmin
to a Day
تَشْخَصُ
tashkhasu
will stare
فِيهِ
fihi
in it
الْأَبْصَارُ
al-absaru
the eyes

Transliteration

Wa laa tahsabannal laaha ghaafilan 'ammaa ya'maluz zaalimoon; innamaa yu'akh khiruhum li Yawmin tashkhasu feehil absaar

Translation

And never think that Allah is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O Messenger, do not think that if Allah delays the punishment of the wrongdoers that He neglected their acts of lying, obstructing the path to Allah and other such deeds. Allah is aware of these things and nothing remains hidden from Him. Indeed, Allah delays their punishment until the Day of Judgment, the day that people’s eyes will stare in horror at the terror they will witness.

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

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