Quran 73:17 — Al-Muzzammil, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey,
فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِنْ كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ الْوِلْدَانَ شِيبًا
fakayfa tattaqūna in kafartum yawman yajʿalu l-wil'dāna shīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If therefore you disbelieve, how will you guard yourselves against a day that shall make the children grey-headed?
- Muhammad Asad
- How, then, if you refuse to acknowledge the truth, will you protect yourselves on that Day which shall turn the hair of children grey,
- Sahih International
- Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white-haired?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | Then how | كيف |
| 2 | تَتَّقُونَtattaqūna | will you guard yourselves | وقي |
| 3 | إِنin | if | — |
| 4 | كَفَرْتُمْkafartum | you disbelieve | كفر |
| 5 | يَوْمًۭاyawman | a Day | يوم |
| 6 | يَجْعَلُyajʿalu | (that) will make | جعل |
| 7 | ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَl-wil'dāna | the children | ولد |
| 8 | شِيبًاshīban | gray-haired | شيب |