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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 36 (5:36)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَهُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُۥ مَعَهُۥ لِيَفْتَدُوا۟ …

Quran 5:36 is ayah 36 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 113 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:36
إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوْأَنَّلَهُممَّافِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًاوَمِثْلَهُۥمَعَهُۥلِيَفْتَدُوا۟بِهِۦمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمَاتُقُبِّلَمِنْهُمْ ۖوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٣٦
inna alladhīna kafarū law anna lahum mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan wamith'lahu maʿahu liyaftadū bihi min ʿadhābi yawmi l-qiyāmati mā tuqubbila min'hum walahum ʿadhābun alīmun

Indeed, those who disbelieve - if they should have all that is in the earth and the like of it with it by which to ransom themselves from the punishment of the Day of Resurrection, it will not be accepted from them, and for them is a painful punishment.(36)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  4. لَوْlawif
  5. أَنَّannathat
  6. لَهُمlahumfor them
  7. مَّاmā(is) what
  8. فِىfī(is) in
  9. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  10. جَمِيعًاjamīʿanall
  11. وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahuand the like of it
  12. مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith it
  13. لِيَفْتَدُوا۟liyaftadūto ransom themselves
  14. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  15. مِنْminfrom
  16. عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
  17. يَوْمِyawmi(of the) Day
  18. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
  19. مَاmānot
  20. تُقُبِّلَtuqubbilawill be accepted
  21. مِنْهُمْ ۖmin'humfrom them
  22. وَلَهُمْwalahumand for them
  23. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  24. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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