Surah Muhammad 47:27 — translation and meaning
محمد · Verse 27 / 38 · Page 509
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ
Word by Word
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
Then how
إِذَا
idha
when
تَوَفَّتْهُمُ
tawaffathumu
take them in death
الْمَلَائِكَةُ
al-malaikatu
the Angels
يَضْرِبُونَ
yadribuna
striking
وُجُوهَهُمْ
wujuhahum
their faces
وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ
wa-adbarahum
and their backs
Transliteration
Fakaifa izaa tawaffat humul malaaa'ikatu yadriboona wujoohahum wa adbaa rahum
Translation
Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
What will you think of the punishment and the gruesome state they will be in when the angels assigned to remove their souls will remove them, striking their faces and backs with steel hammers.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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