Surah As-Sajdah, Ayah 21 (32:21)

ٱلسَّجْدَة

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

Quran 32:21 is ayah 21 of Surah As-Sajdah (“The Prostration”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 417 of the Madani Mushaf.

32:21
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُممِّنَٱلْعَذَابِٱلْأَدْنَىٰدُونَٱلْعَذَابِٱلْأَكْبَرِلَعَلَّهُمْيَرْجِعُونَ٢١
walanudhīqannahum mina l-ʿadhābi l-adnā dūna l-ʿadhābi l-akbari laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].(21)

Word by word

  1. وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumAnd surely, We will let them taste
  2. مِّنَminaof
  3. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  4. ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe nearer
  5. دُونَdūnabefore
  6. ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
  7. ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbarithe greater
  8. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  9. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

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