Quran 67:4 — Al-Mulk, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Look again! And again! Your sight will turn back to you, weak and defeated.
ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنْقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ
thumma ir'jiʿi l-baṣara karratayni yanqalib ilayka l-baṣaru khāsi-an wahuwa ḥasīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then return thy gaze again, and again, and thy gaze comes back to thee dazzled, aweary.
- Muhammad Asad
- Yea, turn thy vision [upon it] again and yet again: [and every time] thy vision will fall back upon thee, dazzled and truly defeated….
- Sahih International
- Then return [your] vision twice again. [Your] vision will return to you humbled while it is fatigued.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | ٱرْجِعِir'jiʿi | return | رجع |
| 3 | ٱلْبَصَرَl-baṣara | the vision | بصر |
| 4 | كَرَّتَيْنِkarratayni | twice (again) | كرر |
| 5 | يَنقَلِبْyanqalib | Will return | قلب |
| 6 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 7 | ٱلْبَصَرُl-baṣaru | the vision | بصر |
| 8 | خَاسِئًۭاkhāsi-an | humbled | خسأ |
| 9 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while it | — |
| 10 | حَسِيرٌۭḥasīrun | (is) fatigued | حسر |