Surah Hud, ayah 8
وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Hud · 11:8
Word by word
- وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
- أَخَّرْنَاakharnāWe delay
- عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
- ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
- إِلَىٰٓilāfor
- أُمَّةٍۢummatina time
- مَّعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatindetermined
- لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will surely say
- مَاmāWhat
- يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗyaḥbisuhudetains it
- أَلَاalāNo doubt
- يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
- يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to them
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- مَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfan(will be) averted
- عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
- وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand will surround
- بِهِمbihimthem
- مَّاmāwhat
- كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
- بِهِۦbihimock at [it]
- يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at [it]
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