Surah Al-Ma'arij, Ayah 11 (70:11)

ٱلْمَعَارِج

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَدِى مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمِئِذٍۭ بِبَنِيهِ

Quran 70:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Al-Ma'arij (“The Ascending Stairways”), a Meccan surah of 44 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 569 of the Madani Mushaf.

70:11
يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚيَوَدُّٱلْمُجْرِمُلَوْيَفْتَدِىمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِئِذٍۭبِبَنِيهِ١١
yubaṣṣarūnahum yawaddu l-muj'rimu law yaftadī min ʿadhābi yawmi-idhin bibanīhi

They will be shown each other. The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from the punishment of that Day by his children.(11)

Word by word

  1. يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚyubaṣṣarūnahumThey will be made to see each other
  2. يَوَدُّyawadduWould wish
  3. ٱلْمُجْرِمُl-muj'rimuthe criminal
  4. لَوْlawif
  5. يَفْتَدِىyaftadīhe (could be) ransomed
  6. مِنْminfrom
  7. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
  8. يَوْمِئِذٍۭyawmi-idhin(of) that Day
  9. بِبَنِيهِbibanīhiby his children

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