Quran 68:42 — Al-Qalam, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so,
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yawma yuk'shafu ʿan sāqin wayud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi falā yastaṭīʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot;
- Muhammad Asad
- on the Day when man's very being shall be bared to the bone, and when they [who now deny the truth] shall be called upon to prostrate themselves [before God], and shall be unable to do so:
- Sahih International
- The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَوْمَyawma | (The) Day | يوم |
| 2 | يُكْشَفُyuk'shafu | will be uncovered | كشف |
| 3 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 4 | سَاقٍۢsāqin | the shin | سوق |
| 5 | وَيُدْعَوْنَwayud'ʿawna | and they will be called | دعو |
| 6 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 7 | ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi | prostrate | سجد |
| 8 | فَلَاfalā | but not | — |
| 9 | يَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūna | they will be able | طوع |