The Prophets — Verse 97

21:97 · al-Anbiya`

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The Prophets 21:97

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Arabic English Morphology
وَٱقْتَرَبَ wa-iq'taraba
And has approached V
ٱلْوَعْدُ l-waʿdu
the promise Noun
ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu
[the] true Noun
فَإِذَا fa-idhā
then behold Prep
هِىَ hiya
[it] Noun
شَٰخِصَةٌ shākhiṣatun
(are) staring Noun
أَبْصَٰرُ abṣāru
(the) eyes Noun
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
(of) those who Noun
كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū
disbelieved V
يَٰوَيْلَنَا yāwaylanā
O woe to us Noun
قَدْ qad
Verily Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we had been V
فِى fī
in Prep
غَفْلَةٍ ghaflatin
heedlessness Noun
مِّنْ min
of Prep
هَٰذَا hādhā
this Noun
بَلْ bal
nay Prep
كُنَّا kunnā
we were V
ظَٰلِمِينَ ẓālimīna
wrongdoers Noun

when the True Promise draws near, the disbelievers’ eyes will stare in terror, and they will say, ‘Woe to us! We were not aware of this at all. We were wrong.’

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَٱقۡتَرَبَ ٱلۡوَعۡدُ ٱلۡحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِیَ شَـٰخِصَةٌ أَبۡصَـٰرُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ یَـٰوَیۡلَنَا قَدۡ كُنَّا فِی غَفۡلَةࣲ مِّنۡ هَـٰذَا بَلۡ كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٩٧

wa-iq'taraba l-waʿdu l-ḥaqu fa-idhā hiya shākhiṣatun abṣāru alladhīna kafarū yāwaylanā qad kunnā fī ghaflatin min hādhā bal kunnā ẓālimīn

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