Quran 21:1 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Ever closer to people draws their reckoning, while they turn away, heedless.
اقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِي غَفْلَةٍ مُعْرِضُونَ
iq'taraba lilnnāsi ḥisābuhum wahum fī ghaflatin muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nigh unto men has drawn their reckoning, while they in heedlessness are yet turning away;
- Muhammad Asad
- CLOSER DRAWS unto men their reckoning: and yet they remain stubbornly heedless [of its approach].
- Sahih International
- [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱقْتَرَبَiq'taraba | (Has) approached | قرب |
| 2 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | for [the] mankind | نوس |
| 3 | حِسَابُهُمْḥisābuhum | their account | حسب |
| 4 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | (are) in | — |
| 6 | غَفْلَةٍۢghaflatin | heedlessness | غفل |
| 7 | مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | turning away | عرض |