Verse 37:53 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
49
كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَیۡضࣱ مَّكۡنُونࣱ ٤٩
ka-annahunna bayḍun maknūnu
like protected eggs
50
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَسَاۤءَلُونَ ٥٠
fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatasāalūn
They will turn to one another with questions
51
قَالَ قَاۤىِٕلࣱ مِّنۡهُمۡ إِنِّی كَانَ لِی قَرِینࣱ ٥١
qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnu
one will say, ‘I had a close companion on eart
52
یَقُولُ أَءِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُصَدِّقِینَ ٥٢
yaqūlu a-innaka lamina l-muṣadiqīn
who used to ask me, “Do you really believe tha
53
أَءِذَا مِتۡنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابࣰا وَعِظَـٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِینُونَ ٥٣
a-idhā mit'nā wakunnā turāban waʿiẓāman a-innā lamadīnūn
after we die and become dust and bone, we shall be brought for judgement?”’
54
قَالَ هَلۡ أَنتُم مُّطَّلِعُونَ ٥٤
qāla hal antum muṭṭaliʿūn
Then he will say, ‘Shall we look for him?’
55
فَٱطَّلَعَ فَرَءَاهُ فِی سَوَاۤءِ ٱلۡجَحِیمِ ٥٥
fa-iṭṭalaʿa faraāhu fī sawāi l-jaḥīm
He will look down and see him in the midst of the Fire
56
قَالَ تَٱللَّهِ إِن كِدتَّ لَتُرۡدِینِ ٥٦
qāla tal-lahi in kidtta latur'dīn
and say to him, ‘By God, you almost brought me to ruin
57
وَلَوۡلَا نِعۡمَةُ رَبِّی لَكُنتُ مِنَ ٱلۡمُحۡضَرِینَ ٥٧
walawlā niʿ'matu rabbī lakuntu mina l-muḥ'ḍarīn
Had it not been for the grace of my Lord, I too would have been taken to Hell.’
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