Surah Al-Hashr, Ayah 3 (59:3)

ٱلْحَشْر

وَلَوْلَآ أَن كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْجَلَآءَ لَعَذَّبَهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَلَهُمْ فِى …

Quran 59:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Hashr (“The Exile”), a Medinan surah of 24 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 545 of the Madani Mushaf.

59:3
وَلَوْلَآأَنكَتَبَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِمُٱلْجَلَآءَلَعَذَّبَهُمْفِىٱلدُّنْيَا ۖوَلَهُمْفِىٱلَْٔاخِرَةِعَذَابُٱلنَّارِ٣
walawlā an kataba l-lahu ʿalayhimu l-jalāa laʿadhabahum fī l-dun'yā walahum fī l-ākhirati ʿadhābu l-nāri

And if not that Allāh had decreed for them evacuation, He would have punished them in [this] world, and for them in the Hereafter is the punishment of the Fire.(3)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْلَآwalawlāAnd if not
  2. أَنan[that]
  3. كَتَبَkataba(had) decreed
  4. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
  6. ٱلْجَلَآءَl-jalāathe exile
  7. لَعَذَّبَهُمْlaʿadhabahumcertainly He (would) have punished them
  8. فِىfīin
  9. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
  10. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
  13. عَذَابُʿadhābu(is) a punishment
  14. ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire

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