Quran 69:17 — Al-Haaqqa, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The angels will be on all sides of it and, on that Day, eight of them will bear the throne of your Lord above them.
وَالْمَلَكُ عَلَىٰ أَرْجَائِهَا ۚ وَيَحْمِلُ عَرْشَ رَبِّكَ فَوْقَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ ثَمَانِيَةٌ
wal-malaku ʿalā arjāihā wayaḥmilu ʿarsha rabbika fawqahum yawma-idhin thamāniyatun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and the angels shall stand upon its borders, and upon that day eight shall carry above them the Throne of thy Lord.
- Muhammad Asad
- and the angels [will appear] at its ends, and, above them, eight will bear aloft on that Day the throne of thy Sustainer’s almightiness…
- Sahih International
- And the angels are at its edges. And there will bear the Throne of your Lord above them, that Day, eight [of them].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱلْمَلَكُwal-malaku | And the Angels | ملك |
| 2 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | (will be) on | — |
| 3 | أَرْجَآئِهَا ۚarjāihā | its edges | رجو |
| 4 | وَيَحْمِلُwayaḥmilu | and will bear | حمل |
| 5 | عَرْشَʿarsha | (the) Throne | عرش |
| 6 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 7 | فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum | above them | فوق |
| 8 | يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin | that Day | — |
| 9 | ثَمَـٰنِيَةٌۭthamāniyatun | eight | ثمن |