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Surah Ibrahim, Ayah 17 (14:17)

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يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُۥ وَيَأْتِيهِ ٱلْمَوْتُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍ ۖ …

Quran 14:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Ibrahim (“Abraham”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 13, on page 257 of the Madani Mushaf.

14:17
يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥوَلَايَكَادُيُسِيغُهُۥوَيَأْتِيهِٱلْمَوْتُمِنكُلِّمَكَانٍوَمَاهُوَبِمَيِّتٍ ۖوَمِنوَرَآئِهِۦعَذَابٌغَلِيظٌ١٧
yatajarraʿuhu walā yakādu yusīghuhu wayatīhi l-mawtu min kulli makānin wamā huwa bimayyitin wamin warāihi ʿadhābun ghalīẓun

He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.(17)

Word by word

  1. يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥyatajarraʿuhuHe will sip it
  2. وَلَاwalābut not
  3. يَكَادُyakāduhe will be near
  4. يُسِيغُهُۥyusīghuhu(to) swallowing it
  5. وَيَأْتِيهِwayatīhiAnd will come to him
  6. ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. مَكَانٍmakāninside
  10. وَمَاwamābut not
  11. هُوَhuwahe
  12. بِمَيِّتٍ ۖbimayyitinwill die
  13. وَمِنwaminAnd ahead of him
  14. وَرَآئِهِۦwarāihiAnd ahead of him
  15. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  16. غَلِيظٌghalīẓunharsh

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