Verse 79:42 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
38
وَآثَرَ الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا
Waathara alhayata alddunya
and preferred the present lif
39
فَإِنَّ الْجَحِيمَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fa-inna aljaheema hiya alma/wa
Hell will be home
40
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَافَ مَقَامَ رَبِّهِ وَنَهَى النَّفْسَ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ
Waama man khafa maqama rabbihi wanaha alnnafsa AAani alhawa
for anyone who feared the meeting with his Lord and restrained himself from base desires
41
فَإِنَّ الْجَنَّةَ هِيَ الْمَأْوَىٰ
Fa-inna aljannata hiya alma/wa
Paradise will be home
42
يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ السَّاعَةِ أَيَّانَ مُرْسَاهَا
Yas-aloonaka AAani alssaAAati ayyana mursaha
They ask you [Prophet] about the Hour
43
فِيمَ أَنتَ مِن ذِكْرَاهَا
Feema anta min thikraha
saying, ‘When will it arrive?’, but how can you tell [them that]
44
إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ مُنتَهَاهَا
Ila rabbika muntahaha
Its time is known only to your Lord
45
إِنَّمَا أَنتَ مُنذِرُ مَن يَخْشَاهَا
Innama anta munthiru man yakhshaha
you are only sent to warn those who fear it
46
كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوا إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَاهَا
Kaannahum yawma yarawnaha lam yalbathoo illa AAashiyyatan aw duhaha
On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning
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