Quran 39:24 — Az-Zumar, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What about the one who will only have his bare face to protect him from his terrible suffering on the Day of Resurrection? It will be said to the evildoers, ‘Taste what you have earned.’
أَفَمَنْ يَتَّقِي بِوَجْهِهِ سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّالِمِينَ ذُوقُوا مَا كُنْتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ
afaman yattaqī biwajhihi sūa l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmati waqīla lilẓẓālimīna dhūqū mā kuntum taksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Is he who guards himself with his face against the evil of the chastisement on the Day of Resurrection...? And it is said to the evildoers, 'Taste now that you were earning!'
- Muhammad Asad
- Could, then, one who shall have nothing but is [bare] face to protect him from the awful suffering [that will befall him] on Resurrection Day [be likened to the God-conscious]? [On that Day,] the evildoers will be told: “Taste [now] what you have earned [in life]!”
- Sahih International
- Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you used to earn."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَمَنafaman | Then (is) he who | — |
| 2 | يَتَّقِىyattaqī | will shield | وقي |
| 3 | بِوَجْهِهِۦbiwajhihi | with his face | وجه |
| 4 | سُوٓءَsūa | (the) worst | سوأ |
| 5 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | punishment | عذب |
| 6 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 7 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 8 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | And it will be said | قول |
| 9 | لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna | to the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 10 | ذُوقُوا۟dhūqū | Taste | ذوق |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 13 | تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūna | earn | كسب |