Verse 89:20 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
16
وَأَمَّا إِذَا مَا ابْتَلَاهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّي أَهَانَنِ
Waamma itha ma ibtalahu faqadara AAalayhi rizqahu fayaqoolu rabbee ahanani
but when He tries him through the restriction of his provision, he says, ‘My Lord has humiliated me.’
17
كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ الْيَتِيمَ
Kalla bal la tukrimoona alyateema
No indeed! You [people] do not honour orphans
18
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
Wala tahaddoona AAala taAAami almiskeeni
you do not urge one another to feed the poor
19
وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
Wata/kuloona altturatha aklan lamman
you consume inheritance greedily
20
وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
Watuhibboona almala hubban jamman
and you love wealth with a passion
21
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
Kalla itha dukkati al-ardu dakkan dakkan
No indeed! When the earth is pounded to dust, pounded and pounded
22
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
Wajaa rabbuka waalmalaku saffan saffan
when your Lord comes with the angels, rank upon rank
23
وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
Wajee-a yawma-ithin bijahannama yawma-ithin yatathakkaru al-insanu waanna lahu alththikra
when Hell is that Day brought near- on that Day man will take heed, but what good will that be to him then
24
يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
Yaqoolu ya laytanee qaddamtu lihayatee
He will say, ‘Would that I had provided for this life to come!’
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