Quran 68:43 — Al-Qalam, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and their eyes will be downcast and they will be overwhelmed with shame: they were invited to prostrate themselves when they were safe [but refused].
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun waqad kānū yud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi wahum sālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- humbled shall be their eyes, and abasement shall overspread them, for they had been summoned to bow themselves while they were whole.
- Muhammad Asad
- downcast will be their eyes, with ignominy overwhelming them - seeing that they had been called upon [in vain] to prostrate themselves [before Him] while they were yet sound [and alive].
- Sahih International
- Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatan | Humbled | خشع |
| 2 | أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhum | their eyes | بصر |
| 3 | تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhum | will cover them | رهق |
| 4 | ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖdhillatun | humiliation | ذلل |
| 5 | وَقَدْwaqad | And indeed | — |
| 6 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 7 | يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawna | called | دعو |
| 8 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 9 | ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdi | prostrate | سجد |
| 10 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 11 | سَـٰلِمُونَsālimūna | (were) sound | سلم |