Quran 29:55 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
on the Day when punishment overwhelms them from above and from below their very feet, and they will be told, ‘Now taste the punishment for what you used to do.’
يَوْمَ يَغْشَاهُمُ الْعَذَابُ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
yawma yaghshāhumu l-ʿadhābu min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim wayaqūlu dhūqū mā kuntum taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Upon the day the chastisement shall overwhelm them from above them and from under their feet, and He shall say, 'Taste now what you were doing!'
- Muhammad Asad
- [encompass them] on the Day when suffering will overwhelm them from above them and from beneath their feet, whereupon He shall say: “Taste [now the fruit of] your own doings!”
- Sahih International
- On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَyawma | On (the) Day | يوم |
| 2 | يَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumu | will cover them | غشو |
| 3 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | فَوْقِهِمْfawqihim | above them | فوق |
| 6 | وَمِنwamin | and from | — |
| 7 | تَحْتِtaḥti | below | تحت |
| 8 | أَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihim | their feet | رجل |
| 9 | وَيَقُولُwayaqūlu | and He will say | قول |
| 10 | ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū | Taste | ذوق |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used | كون |
| 13 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | (to) do | عمل |