Quran 39:16 — Az-Zumar, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They will have layers of Fire above them and below.’ This is how God puts fear into His servants: My servants, beware of Me.
لَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ مِنَ النَّارِ وَمِنْ تَحْتِهِمْ ظُلَلٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يُخَوِّفُ اللَّهُ بِهِ عِبَادَهُ ۚ يَا عِبَادِ فَاتَّقُونِ
lahum min fawqihim ẓulalun mina l-nāri wamin taḥtihim ẓulalun dhālika yukhawwifu l-lahu bihi ʿibādahu yāʿibādi fa-ittaqūni
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Above them they shall have overshadowings. of the Fire, and underneath them overshadowings; that it is wherewith God frightens His servants: "O My servants, so fear you Me!"'
- Muhammad Asad
- Clouds of fire will they have above them, and [similar] clouds beneath them…” In this way does God imbue His servants with fear. O you servants of Mine! Be, then, conscious of Me -
- Sahih International
- They will have canopies [i.e., layers] of fire above them and below them, canopies. By that Allāh threatens [i.e., warns] His servants. O My servants, then fear Me.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَهُمlahum | For them | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 3 | فَوْقِهِمْfawqihim | above them | فوق |
| 4 | ظُلَلٌۭẓulalun | coverings | ظلل |
| 5 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 6 | ٱلنَّارِl-nāri | the Fire | نور |
| 7 | وَمِنwamin | and from | — |
| 8 | تَحْتِهِمْtaḥtihim | below them | تحت |
| 9 | ظُلَلٌۭ ۚẓulalun | coverings | ظلل |
| 10 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | (With) that | — |
| 11 | يُخَوِّفُyukhawwifu | threatens | خوف |
| 12 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 13 | بِهِۦbihi | [with it] | — |
| 14 | عِبَادَهُۥ ۚʿibādahu | His slaves | عبد |
| 15 | يَـٰعِبَادِyāʿibādi | O My slaves | عبد |
| 16 | فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūni | So fear Me | وقي |