Quran 21:40 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It will come upon them suddenly and stupefy them; they will be powerless to push it away; they will not be reprieved.
بَلْ تَأْتِيهِمْ بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنْظَرُونَ
bal tatīhim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falā yastaṭīʿūna raddahā walā hum yunẓarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nay, but it shall come upon them suddenly, dumbfounding them, and they shall not be able to repel it, nor shall they be respited.
- Muhammad Asad
- Nay, but [the Last Hour] will come upon them of a sudden, and will stupefy them: and they will be unable to avert it, and neither wilt they be allowed any respite.
- Sahih International
- Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | تَأْتِيهِمtatīhim | it will come to them | أتي |
| 3 | بَغْتَةًۭbaghtatan | unexpectedly | بغت |
| 4 | فَتَبْهَتُهُمْfatabhatuhum | and bewilder them | بهت |
| 5 | فَلَاfalā | then not | — |
| 6 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | they will be able | طوع |
| 7 | رَدَّهَاraddahā | to repel it | ردد |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 10 | يُنظَرُونَyunẓarūna | will be given respite | نظر |