Surah An-Naml, Ayah 84 (27:84)

ٱلنَّمْل

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءُو قَالَ أَكَذَّبْتُم بَِٔايَٰتِى وَلَمْ تُحِيطُوا۟ بِهَا عِلْمًا أَمَّاذَا كُنتُمْ …

Quran 27:84 is ayah 84 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 384 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:84
حَتَّىٰٓإِذَاجَآءُوقَالَأَكَذَّبْتُمبَِٔايَٰتِىوَلَمْتُحِيطُوا۟بِهَاعِلْمًاأَمَّاذَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ٨٤
ḥattā idhā jāū qāla akadhabtum biāyātī walam tuḥīṭū bihā ʿil'man ammādhā kuntum taʿmalūna

Until, when they arrive [at the place of Judgement], He will say, "Did you deny My signs while you encompassed them not in knowledge, or what [was it that] you were doing?"(84)

Word by word

  1. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāUntil
  2. إِذَاidhāwhen
  3. جَآءُوjāūthey come
  4. قَالَqālaHe will say
  5. أَكَذَّبْتُمakadhabtumDid you deny
  6. بَِٔايَٰتِىbiāyātīMy Signs
  7. وَلَمْwalamwhile not
  8. تُحِيطُوا۟tuḥīṭūyou encompassed
  9. بِهَاbihāthem
  10. عِلْمًاʿil'man(in) knowledge
  11. أَمَّاذَاammādhāor what
  12. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used (to)
  13. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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