Surah At-Tawbah, Ayah 35 (9:35)

ٱلتَّوْبَة

يَوْمَ يُحْمَىٰ عَلَيْهَا فِى نَارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوَىٰ بِهَا جِبَاهُهُمْ وَجُنُوبُهُمْ وَظُهُورُهُمْ ۖ …

Quran 9:35 is ayah 35 of Surah At-Tawbah (“The Repentance”), a Medinan surah of 129 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 192 of the Madani Mushaf.

9:35
يَوْمَيُحْمَىٰعَلَيْهَافِىنَارِجَهَنَّمَفَتُكْوَىٰبِهَاجِبَاهُهُمْوَجُنُوبُهُمْوَظُهُورُهُمْ ۖهَٰذَامَاكَنَزْتُمْلِأَنفُسِكُمْفَذُوقُوا۟مَاكُنتُمْتَكْنِزُونَ٣٥
yawma yuḥ'mā ʿalayhā fī nāri jahannama fatuk'wā bihā jibāhuhum wajunūbuhum waẓuhūruhum hādhā mā kanaztum li-anfusikum fadhūqū mā kuntum taknizūna

The Day when it will be heated in the fire of Hell and seared therewith will be their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs, [it will be said], "This is what you hoarded for yourselves, so taste what you used to hoard."(35)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
  2. يُحْمَىٰyuḥ'māit will be heated [on it]
  3. عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāit will be heated [on it]
  4. فِىfīin
  5. نَارِnārithe Fire
  6. جَهَنَّمَjahannama(of) Hell
  7. فَتُكْوَىٰfatuk'wāand will be branded
  8. بِهَاbihāwith it
  9. جِبَاهُهُمْjibāhuhumtheir foreheads
  10. وَجُنُوبُهُمْwajunūbuhumand their flanks
  11. وَظُهُورُهُمْ ۖwaẓuhūruhumand their backs
  12. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  13. مَاmā(is) what
  14. كَنَزْتُمْkanaztumyou hoarded
  15. لِأَنفُسِكُمْli-anfusikumfor yourselves
  16. فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqūso taste
  17. مَاmāwhat
  18. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  19. تَكْنِزُونَtaknizūnahoard

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