Surah As-Sajdah, ayah 21
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].
As-Sajdah · 32:21
Word by word
- وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumAnd surely, We will let them taste
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe nearer
- دُونَdūnabefore
- ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
- ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbarithe greater
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
- يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn
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