Surah An-Nur, Ayah 24 (24:24)

ٱلنُّور

يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Quran 24:24 is ayah 24 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 352 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:24
يَوْمَتَشْهَدُعَلَيْهِمْأَلْسِنَتُهُمْوَأَيْدِيهِمْوَأَرْجُلُهُمبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَعْمَلُونَ٢٤
yawma tashhadu ʿalayhim alsinatuhum wa-aydīhim wa-arjuluhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūna

On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.(24)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(On a) Day
  2. تَشْهَدُtashhaduwill bear witness
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimagainst them
  4. أَلْسِنَتُهُمْalsinatuhumtheir tongues
  5. وَأَيْدِيهِمْwa-aydīhimand their hands
  6. وَأَرْجُلُهُمwa-arjuluhumand their feet
  7. بِمَاbimāfor what
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
  9. يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna(to) do

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