Quran 79:46 — An-Naazi'aat, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning.
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It shall be as if; on the day they see it, they have but tarried for an evening, or its forenoon.
- Muhammad Asad
- On the Day when they behold it, [it will seem to them] as if they had tarried [in this world] no longer than one evening or [one night, ending with] its morn!
- Sahih International
- It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahum | As though they | — |
| 2 | يَوْمَyawma | (the) Day | يوم |
| 3 | يَرَوْنَهَاyarawnahā | they see it | رأي |
| 4 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 5 | يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathū | they had remained | لبث |
| 6 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 7 | عَشِيَّةًʿashiyyatan | an evening | عشو |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | ضُحَىٰهَاḍuḥāhā | a morning thereof | ضحو |