Quran 39:48 — Az-Zumar, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
the evil of their deeds will become plain to them, and they will be overwhelmed by that at which they used to laugh.
وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
wabadā lahum sayyiātu mā kasabū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and there would appear to them die evils of that they have earned, and they would be encompassed by that they mocked at.
- Muhammad Asad
- and obvious to them will have become the evil that they had wrought [in life]: and thus shall they be overwhelmed by the very truth which they were wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَبَدَاwabadā | And will become apparent | بدو |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 3 | سَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātu | (the) evils | سوأ |
| 4 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 5 | كَسَبُوا۟kasabū | they earned | كسب |
| 6 | وَحَاقَwaḥāqa | and will surround | حيق |
| 7 | بِهِمbihim | them | — |
| 8 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | [in it] | — |
| 11 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock | هزأ |