Al-Ankabut (The Spider)
Verse 55of 69
يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٥٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."
Word-by-word meaning
يَوْمَyawmaOn (the) Day
يَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumuwill cover them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مِنminfrom
فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
وَمِنwaminand from
تَحْتِtaḥtibelow
أَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihimtheir feet
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
مَاmāwhat
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
How the Idolators asked for the Torment to be hastened onAllah tells us of the ignorance of the idolators and how they asked for the punishment of Allah to be hastened so that it would befall them quickly.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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