Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 43 (68:43)

ٱلْقَلَم

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

Quran 68:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 566 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:43
خَٰشِعَةًأَبْصَٰرُهُمْتَرْهَقُهُمْذِلَّةٌ ۖوَقَدْكَانُوا۟يُدْعَوْنَإِلَىٱلسُّجُودِوَهُمْسَٰلِمُونَ٤٣
khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun waqad kānū yud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi wahum sālimūna

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.(43)

Word by word

  1. خَٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbled
  2. أَبْصَٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
  3. تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover them
  4. ذِلَّةٌ ۖdhillatunhumiliation
  5. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
  6. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  7. يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalled
  8. إِلَىilāto
  9. ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrate
  10. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  11. سَٰلِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound

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