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Surah Al-Qalam, ayah 43

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

Al-Qalam · 68:43

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  1. خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbled
  2. أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
  3. تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover them
  4. ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖdhillatunhumiliation
  5. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
  6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  7. يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalled
  8. إِلَىilāto
  9. ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrate
  10. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  11. سَـٰلِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound

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