Quran 24:39 — An-Noor, verse 39
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But the deeds of those who disbelieve are like a mirage in a desert: the thirsty person thinks there will be water but, when he gets there, he finds only God, who pays him his account in full- God is swift in reckoning.
وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
wa-alladhīna kafarū aʿmāluhum kasarābin biqīʿatin yaḥsabuhu l-ẓamānu māan ḥattā idhā jāahu lam yajid'hu shayan wawajada l-laha ʿindahu fawaffāhu ḥisābahu wal-lahu sarīʿu l-ḥisābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And as for the unbelievers, their works are as a mirage in a spacious plain which the man athirst supposes to be water, till, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing; there indeed he finds God, and He pays him his account in full; (and God is swift at the reckoning.)
- Muhammad Asad
- But as for those who are bent on denying the truth, their [good] deeds are like a mirage in the desert, which the thirsty supposes to be water – until, when he approaches it, he finds that it was nothing: instead, he finds [that] God [has always been present] with him, and [that] He will pay him his account in full - for God is swift in reckoning!
- Sahih International
- But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | But those who | — |
| 2 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 3 | أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhum | their deeds | عمل |
| 4 | كَسَرَابٍۭkasarābin | (are) like a mirage | سرب |
| 5 | بِقِيعَةٍۢbiqīʿatin | in a lowland | قوع |
| 6 | يَحْسَبُهُyaḥsabuhu | thinks it | حسب |
| 7 | ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُl-ẓamānu | the thirsty one | ظمأ |
| 8 | مَآءًmāan | (to be) water | موه |
| 9 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 10 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 11 | جَآءَهُۥjāahu | he comes to it | جيأ |
| 12 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 13 | يَجِدْهُyajid'hu | he finds it | وجد |
| 14 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | (to be) anything | شيأ |
| 15 | وَوَجَدَwawajada | but he finds | وجد |
| 16 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 17 | عِندَهُۥʿindahu | before him | عند |
| 18 | فَوَفَّىٰهُfawaffāhu | He will pay him in full | وفي |
| 19 | حِسَابَهُۥ ۗḥisābahu | his due | حسب |
| 20 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 21 | سَرِيعُsarīʿu | (is) swift | سرع |
| 22 | ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi | (in) the account | حسب |