Quran 38:15 — Saad, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
all the disbelievers here are waiting for is a single blast that cannot be postponed.
وَمَا يَنْظُرُ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً مَا لَهَا مِنْ فَوَاقٍ
wamā yanẓuru hāulāi illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan mā lahā min fawāqin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- These are only awaiting for a single Cry, to which there is no delay.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they [who now deny the truth - they, too,] have but to wait for one single blast [of punishment to overtake them]: it shall not be delayed a whit.
- Sahih International
- And these [disbelievers] await not but one blast [of the Horn]; for it there will be no delay.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُyanẓuru | await | نظر |
| 3 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these | — |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 5 | صَيْحَةًۭṣayḥatan | a shout | صيح |
| 6 | وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatan | one | وحد |
| 7 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 8 | لَهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 9 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 10 | فَوَاقٍۢfawāqin | delay | فوق |