Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 97
وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَـٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
And [when] the true promise [i.e., the resurrection] has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers."
Al-Anbya · 21:97
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- وَٱقْتَرَبَwa-iq'tarabaAnd has approached
- ٱلْوَعْدُl-waʿduthe promise
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu[the] true
- فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
- هِىَhiya[it]
- شَـٰخِصَةٌshākhiṣatun(are) staring
- أَبْصَـٰرُabṣāru(the) eyes
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- يَـٰوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāO woe to us
- قَدْqadVerily
- كُنَّاkunnāwe had been
- فِىfīin
- غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatinheedlessness
- مِّنْminof
- هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
- بَلْbalnay
- كُنَّاkunnāwe were
- ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
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