Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 106 (3:106)

آلِ عِمْرَان

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ …

Quran 3:106 is ayah 106 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 63 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:106
يَوْمَتَبْيَضُّوُجُوهٌوَتَسْوَدُّوُجُوهٌ ۚفَأَمَّاٱلَّذِينَٱسْوَدَّتْوُجُوهُهُمْأَكَفَرْتُمبَعْدَإِيمَٰنِكُمْفَذُوقُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَبِمَاكُنتُمْتَكْفُرُونَ١٠٦
yawma tabyaḍḍu wujūhun wataswaddu wujūhun fa-ammā alladhīna is'waddat wujūhuhum akafartum baʿda īmānikum fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna

On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve [i.e., reject faith] after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."(106)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(On the) Day
  2. تَبْيَضُّtabyaḍḍuwould become white
  3. وُجُوهٌwujūhun(some) faces
  4. وَتَسْوَدُّwataswadduand would become black
  5. وُجُوهٌ ۚwujūhun(some) faces
  6. فَأَمَّاfa-ammāAs for
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose whose
  8. ٱسْوَدَّتْis'waddatturn black
  9. وُجُوهُهُمْwujūhuhum[their] faces
  10. أَكَفَرْتُمakafartumDid you disbelieve
  11. بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
  12. إِيمَٰنِكُمْīmānikumyour belief
  13. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūThen taste
  14. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  15. بِمَاbimāfor what
  16. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  17. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnadisbelieve

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