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Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 18 (42:18)

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يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهَا ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مُشْفِقُونَ مِنْهَا …

Quran 42:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 485 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:18
يَسْتَعْجِلُبِهَاٱلَّذِينَلَايُؤْمِنُونَبِهَا ۖوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟مُشْفِقُونَمِنْهَاوَيَعْلَمُونَأَنَّهَاٱلْحَقُّ ۗأَلَآإِنَّٱلَّذِينَيُمَارُونَفِىٱلسَّاعَةِلَفِىضَلَٰلٍۭبَعِيدٍ١٨
yastaʿjilu bihā alladhīna lā yu'minūna bihā wa-alladhīna āmanū mush'fiqūna min'hā wayaʿlamūna annahā l-ḥaqu alā inna alladhīna yumārūna fī l-sāʿati lafī ḍalālin baʿīdin

Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.(18)

Word by word

  1. يَسْتَعْجِلُyastaʿjiluSeek to hasten
  2. بِهَاbihā[of] it
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. لَاlā(do) not
  5. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  6. بِهَا ۖbihāin it
  7. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  8. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  9. مُشْفِقُونَmush'fiqūna(are) fearful
  10. مِنْهَاmin'hāof it
  11. وَيَعْلَمُونَwayaʿlamūnaand know
  12. أَنَّهَاannahāthat it
  13. ٱلْحَقُّ ۗl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
  14. أَلَآalāUnquestionably
  15. إِنَّinnaindeed
  16. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  17. يُمَارُونَyumārūnadispute
  18. فِىfīconcerning
  19. ٱلسَّاعَةِl-sāʿatithe Hour
  20. لَفِىlafī(are) certainly in
  21. ضَلَٰلٍۭḍalālinerror
  22. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar

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