Surah Al-Jathiyah, Ayah 8 (45:8)

ٱلْجَاثِيَة

يَسْمَعُ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ …

Quran 45:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Jathiyah (“The Crouching”), a Meccan surah of 37 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 499 of the Madani Mushaf.

45:8
يَسْمَعُءَايَٰتِٱللَّهِتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِثُمَّيُصِرُّمُسْتَكْبِرًاكَأَنلَّمْيَسْمَعْهَا ۖفَبَشِّرْهُبِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍ٨
yasmaʿu āyāti l-lahi tut'lā ʿalayhi thumma yuṣirru mus'takbiran ka-an lam yasmaʿhā fabashir'hu biʿadhābin alīmin

Who hears the verses of Allāh recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.(8)

Word by word

  1. يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuWho hears
  2. ءَايَٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
  3. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  4. تُتْلَىٰtut'lārecited
  5. عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. يُصِرُّyuṣirrupersists
  8. مُسْتَكْبِرًاmus'takbiranarrogantly
  9. كَأَنka-anas if
  10. لَّمْlamnot
  11. يَسْمَعْهَا ۖyasmaʿhāhe heard them
  12. فَبَشِّرْهُfabashir'huSo give him tidings
  13. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin(of) a punishment
  14. أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

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