Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 66 (33:66)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

يَوْمَ تُقَلَّبُ وُجُوهُهُمْ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يَقُولُونَ يَٰلَيْتَنَآ أَطَعْنَا ٱللَّهَ وَأَطَعْنَا …

Quran 33:66 is ayah 66 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 427 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:66
يَوْمَتُقَلَّبُوُجُوهُهُمْفِىٱلنَّارِيَقُولُونَيَٰلَيْتَنَآأَطَعْنَاٱللَّهَوَأَطَعْنَاٱلرَّسُولَا۠٦٦
yawma tuqallabu wujūhuhum fī l-nāri yaqūlūna yālaytanā aṭaʿnā l-laha wa-aṭaʿnā l-rasūlā

The Day their faces will be turned about in the Fire, they will say, "How we wish we had obeyed Allāh and obeyed the Messenger."(66)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. تُقَلَّبُtuqallabuwill be turned about
  3. وُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhumtheir faces
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
  6. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey will say
  7. يَٰلَيْتَنَآyālaytanāO we wish
  8. أَطَعْنَاaṭaʿnāwe (had) obeyed
  9. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  10. وَأَطَعْنَاwa-aṭaʿnāand obeyed
  11. ٱلرَّسُولَا۠l-rasūlāthe Messenger

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