Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 85 (16:85)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

Quran 16:85 is ayah 85 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 276 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:85
وَإِذَارَءَاٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟ٱلْعَذَابَفَلَايُخَفَّفُعَنْهُمْوَلَاهُمْيُنظَرُونَ٨٥
wa-idhā raā alladhīna ẓalamū l-ʿadhāba falā yukhaffafu ʿanhum walā hum yunẓarūna

And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.(85)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. رَءَاraā(will) see
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
  5. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
  6. فَلَاfalāthen not
  7. يُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuit will be lightened
  8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfor them
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. هُمْhumthey
  11. يُنظَرُونَyunẓarūnawill be given respite

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