Quran 4:42 — An-Nisaa, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On that day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet will wish that the earth could swallow them up: they will not be able to hide anything from God.
يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَعَصَوُا الرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ الْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا
yawma-idhin yawaddu alladhīna kafarū waʿaṣawū l-rasūla law tusawwā bihimu l-arḍu walā yaktumūna l-laha ḥadīthan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Upon that day the unbelievers, those who have disobeyed the Messenger, will wish that the earth might be levelled with them; and they will not conceal from God one tiding.
- Muhammad Asad
- Those who were bent on denying the truth and paid no heed to the Apostle will on that Day wish that the earth would swallow them: but they shall not [be able to] conceal from God anything that has happened.
- Sahih International
- That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allāh a [single] statement.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin | (On) that Day | — |
| 2 | يَوَدُّyawaddu | will wish | ودد |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 5 | وَعَصَوُا۟waʿaṣawū | and disobeyed | عصي |
| 6 | ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūla | the Messenger | رسل |
| 7 | لَوْlaw | if | — |
| 8 | تُسَوَّىٰtusawwā | was leveled | سوي |
| 9 | بِهِمُbihimu | with them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍu | the earth | أرض |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | يَكْتُمُونَyaktumūna | they will (be able to) hide | كتم |
| 13 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (from) Allah | أله |
| 14 | حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthan | (any) statement | حدث |