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Al-Fajr (The Dawn)

Verse 21of 30

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّۭا دَكًّۭا﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -

Word-by-word meaning

كَلَّآkallāNay
إِذَاidhāWhen
دُكَّتِdukkatiis leveled
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
دَكًّۭاdakkanpounded
دَكًّۭاdakkan(and) crushed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

On the Day of Judgement Everyone will be recompensed according to what He did of Good or EvilAllah informs of what will happen on the Day of Judgement of the great horrors. He says,كَلاَّ(Nay!) meaning, truly.إِذَا دُكَّتِ الاٌّرْضُ دَكّاً دَكّاً(When the earth is flatened, Dakkan Dakka.) meaning, the earth and the mountains will be flattened, leveled and made even, and the creatures will rise from their graves for their Lord.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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