Verse 79:12 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
8
قُلُوبٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاجِفَةٌ
Quloobun yawma-ithin wajifatun
hearts will trembl
9
أَبْصَارُهَا خَاشِعَةٌ
Absaruha khashiAAatun
and eyes will be downcast
10
يَقُولُونَ أَإِنَّا لَمَرْدُودُونَ فِي الْحَافِرَةِ
Yaqooloona a-inna lamardoodoona fee alhafirati
They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to life
11
أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا نَّخِرَةً
A-itha kunna AAithaman nakhiratan
after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say
12
قَالُوا تِلْكَ إِذًا كَرَّةٌ خَاسِرَةٌ
Qaloo tilka ithan karratun khasiratun
‘Such a return is impossible!’
13
فَإِنَّمَا هِيَ زَجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ
Fa-innama hiya zajratun wahidatun
But all it will take is a single blast
14
فَإِذَا هُم بِالسَّاهِرَةِ
Fa-itha hum bialssahirati
and they will be back above ground
15
هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ مُوسَىٰ
Hal ataka hadeethu moosa
Have you [Prophet] heard the story of Moses
16
إِذْ نَادَاهُ رَبُّهُ بِالْوَادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى
Ith nadahu rabbuhu bialwadi almuqaddasi tuwan
His Lord called out to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa
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