Surah Taha, Ayah 108 (20:108)

طه

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَّبِعُونَ ٱلدَّاعِىَ لَا عِوَجَ لَهُۥ ۖ وَخَشَعَتِ ٱلْأَصْوَاتُ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ فَلَا تَسْمَعُ …

Quran 20:108 is ayah 108 of Surah Taha (“Ta-Ha”), a Meccan surah of 135 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 319 of the Madani Mushaf.

20:108
يَوْمَئِذٍيَتَّبِعُونَٱلدَّاعِىَلَاعِوَجَلَهُۥ ۖوَخَشَعَتِٱلْأَصْوَاتُلِلرَّحْمَٰنِفَلَاتَسْمَعُإِلَّاهَمْسًا١٠٨
yawma-idhin yattabiʿūna l-dāʿiya lā ʿiwaja lahu wakhashaʿati l-aṣwātu lilrraḥmāni falā tasmaʿu illā hamsan

That Day, they [i.e., everyone] will follow [the call of] the Caller [with] no deviation therefrom, and [all] voices will be stilled before the Most Merciful, so you will not hear except a whisper [of footsteps].(108)

Word by word

  1. يَوْمَئِذٍyawma-idhinOn that Day
  2. يَتَّبِعُونَyattabiʿūnathey will follow
  3. ٱلدَّاعِىَl-dāʿiyathe caller
  4. لَاlāno
  5. عِوَجَʿiwajadeviation
  6. لَهُۥ ۖlahufrom it
  7. وَخَشَعَتِwakhashaʿatiAnd (will be) humbled
  8. ٱلْأَصْوَاتُl-aṣwātuthe voices
  9. لِلرَّحْمَٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
  10. فَلَاfalāso not
  11. تَسْمَعُtasmaʿuyou will hear
  12. إِلَّاillāexcept
  13. هَمْسًاhamsana faint sound

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