Quran 32:21 — As-Sajda, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We shall certainly make them taste a nearer torment [in this life] prior to the greater torment, so that perhaps they may return [to the right path].
وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمْ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ الْعَذَابِ الْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
walanudhīqannahum mina l-ʿadhābi l-adnā dūna l-ʿadhābi l-akbari laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We shall surely let them taste the nearer chastisement, before the greater; haply so they will return.
- Muhammad Asad
- However, ere [We condemn them to] that supreme suffering, We shall most certainly let them taste of a suffering closer at hand, so that they might [repent and] mend their ways.
- Sahih International
- And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahum | And surely, We will let them taste | ذوق |
| 2 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 3 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | the punishment | عذب |
| 4 | ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnā | the nearer | دنو |
| 5 | دُونَdūna | before | دون |
| 6 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | the punishment | عذب |
| 7 | ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbari | the greater | كبر |
| 8 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 9 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |