Quran 41:20 — Fussilat, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
their ears, eyes, and skins will, when they reach it, testify against them for their misdeeds.
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا مَا جَاءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَارُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُمْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
ḥattā idhā mā jāūhā shahida ʿalayhim samʿuhum wa-abṣāruhum wajulūduhum bimā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- till when they are come to it, their hearing, their eyes and their skins bear witness against them concerning what they have been doing,
- Muhammad Asad
- till, when they come close to it, their hearing and their sight and their [very] skins will bear witness against them, speaking of what they were doing [on earth].
- Sahih International
- Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Until | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | مَاmā | when | — |
| 4 | جَآءُوهَاjāūhā | they come to it | جيأ |
| 5 | شَهِدَshahida | (will) testify | شهد |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | against them | — |
| 7 | سَمْعُهُمْsamʿuhum | their hearing | سمع |
| 8 | وَأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْwa-abṣāruhum | and their sight | بصر |
| 9 | وَجُلُودُهُمwajulūduhum | and their skins | جلد |
| 10 | بِمَاbimā | (as) to what | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 12 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |