Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 23 (29:23)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يَئِسُوا۟ مِن رَّحْمَتِى وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ …

Quran 29:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 398 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:23
وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَلِقَآئِهِۦٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَيَئِسُوا۟مِنرَّحْمَتِىوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٢٣
wa-alladhīna kafarū biāyāti l-lahi waliqāihi ulāika ya-isū min raḥmatī wa-ulāika lahum ʿadhābun alīmun

And the ones who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and the meeting with Him - those have despaired of My mercy, and they will have a painful punishment.(23)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  3. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  5. وَلِقَآئِهِۦٓwaliqāihiand (the) meeting (with) Him
  6. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  7. يَئِسُوا۟ya-isū(have) despaired
  8. مِنminof
  9. رَّحْمَتِىraḥmatīMy Mercy
  10. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
  11. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  12. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  13. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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