Quran 14:42 — Ibrahim, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do not think [Prophet] that God is unaware of what the disbelievers do: He only gives them respite until a Day when their eyes will stare in terror.
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ اللَّهَ غَافِلًا عَمَّا يَعْمَلُ الظَّالِمُونَ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُؤَخِّرُهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ تَشْخَصُ فِيهِ الْأَبْصَارُ
walā taḥsabanna l-laha ghāfilan ʿammā yaʿmalu l-ẓālimūna innamā yu-akhiruhum liyawmin tashkhaṣu fīhi l-abṣāru
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Deem not that God is heedless of what the evildoers work; He is only deferring them to a day when eyes shall stare,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND DO NOT think that God is unaware of what the evildoers are doing: He but grants them respite until the Day when their eyes will stare in horror,
- Sahih International
- And never think that Allāh is unaware of what the wrongdoers do. He only delays them [i.e., their account] for a Day when eyes will stare [in horror].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَحْسَبَنَّtaḥsabanna | think | حسب |
| 3 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (that) Allah | أله |
| 4 | غَـٰفِلًاghāfilan | (is) unaware | غفل |
| 5 | عَمَّاʿammā | of what | — |
| 6 | يَعْمَلُyaʿmalu | do | عمل |
| 7 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَ ۚl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 8 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 9 | يُؤَخِّرُهُمْyu-akhiruhum | He gives them respite | أخر |
| 10 | لِيَوْمٍۢliyawmin | to a Day | يوم |
| 11 | تَشْخَصُtashkhaṣu | will stare | شخص |
| 12 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 13 | ٱلْأَبْصَـٰرُl-abṣāru | the eyes | بصر |