Surah An-Nazi'at, Ayah 46 (79:46)

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كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

Quran 79:46 is ayah 46 of Surah An-Nazi'at (“Those who drag forth”), a Meccan surah of 46 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 584 of the Madani Mushaf.

79:46
كَأَنَّهُمْيَوْمَيَرَوْنَهَالَمْيَلْبَثُوٓا۟إِلَّاعَشِيَّةًأَوْضُحَىٰهَا٤٦
ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.(46)

Word by word

  1. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs though they
  2. يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
  3. يَرَوْنَهَاyarawnahāthey see it
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūthey had remained
  6. إِلَّاillāexcept
  7. عَشِيَّةًʿashiyyatanan evening
  8. أَوْawor
  9. ضُحَىٰهَاḍuḥāhāa morning thereof

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