Quran 20:124 — Taa-Haa, verse 124
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but whoever turns away from it will have a life of great hardship. We shall bring him blind to the Assembly on the Day of Resurrection
وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فَإِنَّ لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنْكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَىٰ
waman aʿraḍa ʿan dhik'rī fa-inna lahu maʿīshatan ḍankan wanaḥshuruhu yawma l-qiyāmati aʿmā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- but whosoever turns away from My remembrance, his shall be a life of narrowness, and on the Resurrection Day We shall raise him blind.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But as for him who shall turn away from remembering Me - his shall be a life of narrow scope and on the Day of Resurrection We shall raise him up blind."
- Sahih International
- And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed [i.e., difficult] life, and We will gather [i.e., raise] him on the Day of Resurrection blind."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | And whoever | — |
| 2 | أَعْرَضَaʿraḍa | turns away | عرض |
| 3 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 4 | ذِكْرِىdhik'rī | My remembrance | ذكر |
| 5 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 6 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 7 | مَعِيشَةًۭmaʿīshatan | (is) a life | عيش |
| 8 | ضَنكًۭاḍankan | straitened | ضنك |
| 9 | وَنَحْشُرُهُۥwanaḥshuruhu | and We will gather him | حشر |
| 10 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 12 | أَعْمَىٰaʿmā | blind | عمي |