Quran 33:8 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God will question [even] the truthful about their sincerity, and for those who reject the truth He has prepared a painful torment.
لِيَسْأَلَ الصَّادِقِينَ عَنْ صِدْقِهِمْ ۚ وَأَعَدَّ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا
liyasala l-ṣādiqīna ʿan ṣid'qihim wa-aʿadda lil'kāfirīna ʿadhāban alīman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- that He might question the truthful concerning their truthfulness; and He has prepared for the unbelievers a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- so that [at the end of time] He might ask those men of truth as to [what response] their truthfulness [had received on earth]. And grievous suffering has He readied for all who deny the truth!
- Sahih International
- That He may question the truthful about their truth. And He has prepared for the disbelievers a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لِّيَسْـَٔلَliyasala | That He may ask | سأل |
| 2 | ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna | the truthful | صدق |
| 3 | عَنʿan | about | — |
| 4 | صِدْقِهِمْ ۚṣid'qihim | their truth | صدق |
| 5 | وَأَعَدَّwa-aʿadda | And He has prepared | عدد |
| 6 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 7 | عَذَابًاʿadhāban | a punishment | عذب |
| 8 | أَلِيمًۭاalīman | painful | ألم |