Quran 8:50 — Al-Anfaal, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If only you [Prophet] could see, when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, how they strike their faces and backs: it will be said, ‘Taste the punishment of the Fire.
وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ۙ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ
walaw tarā idh yatawaffā alladhīna kafarū l-malāikatu yaḍribūna wujūhahum wa-adbārahum wadhūqū ʿadhāba l-ḥarīqi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If thou couldst only see when the angels take the unbelievers, beating their faces and their backs: 'Taste the chastisement of the burning --
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IF thou couldst but see [how it will be] when He causes those who are bent on denying the truth to die: the angels will strike their faces: and their backs, and [will say]: "Taste suffering through fire
- Sahih International
- And if you could but see when the angels take the souls of those who disbelieved... They are striking their faces and their backs and [saying], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | تَرَىٰٓtarā | you (could) see | رأي |
| 3 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 4 | يَتَوَفَّىyatawaffā | take away souls | وفي |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 6 | كَفَرُوا۟ ۙkafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 7 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 8 | يَضْرِبُونَyaḍribūna | striking | ضرب |
| 9 | وُجُوهَهُمْwujūhahum | their faces | وجه |
| 10 | وَأَدْبَـٰرَهُمْwa-adbārahum | and their backs | دبر |
| 11 | وَذُوقُوا۟wadhūqū | Taste | ذوق |
| 12 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 13 | ٱلْحَرِيقِl-ḥarīqi | (of) the Blazing Fire | حرق |