Surah An-Nur, ayah 39
وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.
An-Nur · 24:39
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- وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
- كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
- أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds
- كَسَرَابٍۭkasarābin(are) like a mirage
- بِقِيعَةٍۢbiqīʿatinin a lowland
- يَحْسَبُهُyaḥsabuhuthinks it
- ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُl-ẓamānuthe thirsty one
- مَآءًmāan(to be) water
- حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
- إِذَاidhāwhen
- جَآءَهُۥjāahuhe comes to it
- لَمْlamnot
- يَجِدْهُyajid'huhe finds it
- شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(to be) anything
- وَوَجَدَwawajadabut he finds
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- عِندَهُۥʿindahubefore him
- فَوَفَّىٰهُfawaffāhuHe will pay him in full
- حِسَابَهُۥ ۗḥisābahuhis due
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) swift
- ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) the account
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