Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 39 (21:39)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن …

Quran 21:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 325 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:39
لَوْيَعْلَمُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟حِينَلَايَكُفُّونَعَنوُجُوهِهِمُٱلنَّارَوَلَاعَنظُهُورِهِمْوَلَاهُمْيُنصَرُونَ٣٩
law yaʿlamu alladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu l-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūna

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...(39)

Word by word

  1. لَوْlawIf
  2. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknew
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
  5. حِينَḥīna(the) time
  6. لَاlā(when) not
  7. يَكُفُّونَyakuffūnathey will avert
  8. عَنʿanfrom
  9. وُجُوهِهِمُwujūhihimutheir faces
  10. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
  11. وَلَاwalāand not
  12. عَنʿanfrom
  13. ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
  14. وَلَاwalāand not
  15. هُمْhumthey
  16. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

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