Verse 84:20 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
16
فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالشَّفَقِ
Fala oqsimu bialshshafaqi
I swear by the glow of sunset
17
وَاللَّيْلِ وَمَا وَسَقَ
Waallayli wama wasaqa
by the night and what it covers
18
وَالْقَمَرِ إِذَا اتَّسَقَ
Waalqamari itha ittasaqa
by the full moon
19
لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَن طَبَقٍ
Latarkabunna tabaqan AAan tabaqin
you will progress from stage to stage
20
فَمَا لَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
Fama lahum la yu/minoona
So why do they not believe
21
وَإِذَا قُرِئَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ
Wa-itha quri-a AAalayhimu alqur-anu la yasjudoona
Why, when the Quran is read to them, do they not prostrate themselves [to God]
22
بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يُكَذِّبُونَ
Bali allatheena kafaroo yukaththiboona
No! The disbelievers reject the Quran––
23
وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُوعُونَ
WaAllahu aAAlamu bima yooAAoona
God knows best what they keep hidden inside––
24
فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
Fabashshirhum biAAathabin aleemin
so give them news of a painful torment
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