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Verse 43of 52

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ﴿٤٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

Word-by-word meaning

خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbled
أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyes
تَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover them
ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖdhillatunhumiliation
وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalled
إِلَىilāto
ٱلسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrate
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
سَـٰلِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Terror of the Day of JudgementAfter Allah mentions that those who have Taqwa, will have Gardens of Delight with their Lord, He explains when this will be, and its actual occurrence. He says,يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ(The Day when the Shin shall be laid bare and they shall be called to prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able to do so.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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