The Prophets 21:39

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Arabic English Morphology
لَوْ law
If Prep
يَعْلَمُ yaʿlamu
knew V
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
disbelieved V
حِينَ ḥīna
(the) time Noun
لَا
(when) not Prep
they will avert V
عَن ʿan
from Prep
their faces Noun
the Fire Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
عَن ʿan
from Prep
ظُهُورِهِمْ ẓuhūrihim
their backs Noun
وَلَا walā
and not Prep
هُمْ hum
they Noun
يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna
will be helped V

If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

لَوۡ یَعۡلَمُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِینَ لَا یَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمۡ وَلَا هُمۡ یُنصَرُونَ ۝٣٩

law yaʿlamu alladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu l-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūn