Quran 40:18 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Warn them [Prophet] of the ever-approaching Day, when hearts are at throats, choking them. The evildoer will have no friends, nor any intercessor to be heeded.
وَأَنْذِرْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْآزِفَةِ إِذِ الْقُلُوبُ لَدَى الْحَنَاجِرِ كَاظِمِينَ ۚ مَا لِلظَّالِمِينَ مِنْ حَمِيمٍ وَلَا شَفِيعٍ يُطَاعُ
wa-andhir'hum yawma l-āzifati idhi l-qulūbu ladā l-ḥanājiri kāẓimīna mā lilẓẓālimīna min ḥamīmin walā shafīʿin yuṭāʿu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And warn them against the Day of the Imminent when, choking with anguish, the hearts are in the throats and the evildoers have not one loyal friend, no intercessor to be heeded.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, warn them of that Day which draws ever nearer, when the hearts will chokingly come up to the throats: no loving friend will the evildoers have, nor any intercessor who would be heeded:
- Sahih International
- And warn them, [O Muḥammad], of the Approaching Day, when hearts are at the throats, filled [with distress]. For the wrongdoers there will be no devoted friend and no intercessor [who is] obeyed.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنذِرْهُمْwa-andhir'hum | And warn them | نذر |
| 2 | يَوْمَyawma | (of the) Day | يوم |
| 3 | ٱلْـَٔازِفَةِl-āzifati | the Approaching | أزف |
| 4 | إِذِidhi | when | — |
| 5 | ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbu | the hearts | قلب |
| 6 | لَدَىladā | (are) at | — |
| 7 | ٱلْحَنَاجِرِl-ḥanājiri | the throats | حنجر |
| 8 | كَـٰظِمِينَ ۚkāẓimīna | choked | كظم |
| 9 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 10 | لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīna | for the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 11 | مِنْmin | any | — |
| 12 | حَمِيمٍۢḥamīmin | intimate friend | حمم |
| 13 | وَلَاwalā | and no | — |
| 14 | شَفِيعٍۢshafīʿin | intercessor | شفع |
| 15 | يُطَاعُyuṭāʿu | (who) is obeyed | طوع |