Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 2 (22:2)

ٱلْحَجّ

يَوْمَ تَرَوْنَهَا تَذْهَلُ كُلُّ مُرْضِعَةٍ عَمَّآ أَرْضَعَتْ وَتَضَعُ كُلُّ ذَاتِ حَمْلٍ حَمْلَهَا …

Quran 22:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 332 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:2
يَوْمَتَرَوْنَهَاتَذْهَلُكُلُّمُرْضِعَةٍعَمَّآأَرْضَعَتْوَتَضَعُكُلُّذَاتِحَمْلٍحَمْلَهَاوَتَرَىٱلنَّاسَسُكَٰرَىٰوَمَاهُمبِسُكَٰرَىٰوَلَٰكِنَّعَذَابَٱللَّهِشَدِيدٌ٢
yawma tarawnahā tadhhalu kullu mur'ḍiʿatin ʿammā arḍaʿat wataḍaʿu kullu dhāti ḥamlin ḥamlahā watarā l-nāsa sukārā wamā hum bisukārā walākinna ʿadhāba l-lahi shadīdun

On the Day you see it every nursing mother will be distracted from that [child] she was nursing, and every pregnant woman will abort her pregnancy, and you will see the people [appearing] intoxicated while they are not intoxicated; but the punishment of Allāh is severe.(2)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. تَرَوْنَهَاtarawnahāyou will see it
  3. تَذْهَلُtadhhaluwill forget
  4. كُلُّkulluevery
  5. مُرْضِعَةٍmur'ḍiʿatinnursing mother
  6. عَمَّآʿammāthat which
  7. أَرْضَعَتْarḍaʿatshe was nursing
  8. وَتَضَعُwataḍaʿuand will deliver
  9. كُلُّkulluevery
  10. ذَاتِdhātipregnant woman
  11. حَمْلٍḥamlinpregnant woman
  12. حَمْلَهَاḥamlahāher load
  13. وَتَرَىwatarāand you will see
  14. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa[the] mankind
  15. سُكَٰرَىٰsukārāintoxicated
  16. وَمَاwamāwhile not
  17. هُمhumthey
  18. بِسُكَٰرَىٰbisukārā(are) intoxicated
  19. وَلَٰكِنَّwalākinnabut
  20. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  22. شَدِيدٌshadīdun(will be) severe

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