Quran 39:47 — Az-Zumar, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If the evildoers possessed the earth’s assets twice over they would offer them to ransom themselves from the terrible suffering on the Day of Resurrection: God will show them something they had not reckoned with,
وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ لَافْتَدَوْا بِهِ مِنْ سُوءِ الْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ۚ وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ
walaw anna lilladhīna ẓalamū mā fī l-arḍi jamīʿan wamith'lahu maʿahu la-if'tadaw bihi min sūi l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmati wabadā lahum mina l-lahi mā lam yakūnū yaḥtasibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If the evildoers possessed all that is in the earth, and the like of it with it, they would offer it to ransom themselves from the evil of the chastisement on the Day of Resurrection; yet there would appear to them from God that they never reckoned with,
- Muhammad Asad
- But if those who are bent on evildoing possessed all that is on earth, and twice as much, they would surely offer it as ransom from the awful suffering [that will befall them] on the Day of Resurrection: for, something with which they had not reckoned before will [by then] have been made obvious to them by God;
- Sahih International
- And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it, they would [attempt to] ransom themselves thereby from the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection. And there will appear to them from Allāh that which they had not taken into account.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّanna | And if | — |
| 3 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū | did wrong | ظلم |
| 5 | مَاmā | (had) whatever | — |
| 6 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 8 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |
| 9 | وَمِثْلَهُۥwamith'lahu | and (the) like of it | مثل |
| 10 | مَعَهُۥmaʿahu | with it | — |
| 11 | لَٱفْتَدَوْا۟la-if'tadaw | they would ransom | فدي |
| 12 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 13 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 14 | سُوٓءِsūi | (the) evil | سوأ |
| 15 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | (of) the punishment | عذب |
| 16 | يَوْمَyawma | (on the) Day | يوم |
| 17 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 18 | وَبَدَاwabadā | And (will) appear | بدو |
| 19 | لَهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 20 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 21 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 22 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 23 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 24 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they had | كون |
| 25 | يَحْتَسِبُونَyaḥtasibūna | taken into account | حسب |