Quran 47:27 — Muhammad, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How will they feel when the angels take them in death and beat their faces and their backs
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ
fakayfa idhā tawaffathumu l-malāikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-adbārahum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How shall it be, when the angels take them, beating their faces and their backs?
- Muhammad Asad
- hence, how [will they fare] when the angels gather them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
- Sahih International
- Then how [will it be] when the angels take them in death, striking their faces and their backs?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | Then how | كيف |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | تَوَفَّتْهُمُtawaffathumu | take them in death | وفي |
| 4 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 5 | يَضْرِبُونَyaḍribūna | striking | ضرب |
| 6 | وُجُوهَهُمْwujūhahum | their faces | وجه |
| 7 | وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْwa-adbārahum | and their backs | دبر |