Quran 67:27 — Al-Mulk, verse 27
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they see it close at hand, the disbelievers’ faces will be gloomy, and it will be said, ‘This is what you were calling for.’
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيئَتْ وُجُوهُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَقِيلَ هَـٰذَا الَّذِي كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ
falammā ra-awhu zul'fatan sīat wujūhu alladhīna kafarū waqīla hādhā alladhī kuntum bihi taddaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, when they see it nigh at hand, the faces of the unbelievers will be vexed, and it will be said, 'This is what you were promised.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet in the end, when they shall see that [fulfilment] close at hand, the faces of those who were bent on denying the truth will be stricken with grief; and they will be told, "This it is that you were [so derisively] calling for!"
- Sahih International
- But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | But when | — |
| 2 | رَأَوْهُra-awhu | they (will) see it | رأي |
| 3 | زُلْفَةًۭzul'fatan | approaching | زلف |
| 4 | سِيٓـَٔتْsīat | (will be) distressed | سوأ |
| 5 | وُجُوهُwujūhu | (the) faces | وجه |
| 6 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 7 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 8 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | and it will be said | قول |
| 9 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | (is) that which | — |
| 11 | كُنتُمkuntum | you used to | كون |
| 12 | بِهِۦbihi | for it | — |
| 13 | تَدَّعُونَtaddaʿūna | call | دعو |