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Surah Ali ’Imran, Verse 106

سورة آل عمران، الآية ١٠٦

3:106 Juz 4 Hizb 7 Page 63 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 3:106

يَوْمَ تَبْيَضُّ وُجُوهٌ وَتَسْوَدُّ وُجُوهٌ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْوَدَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ أَكَفَرْتُم بَعْدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ۝١٠٦

Transliteration

yawma tabyaḍḍu wujūhun wataswaddu wujūhun fa-ammā alladhīna is'waddat wujūhuhum akafartum baʿda īmānikum fadhūqū l-ʿadhāba bimā kuntum takfurūna

Translation

On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve [i.e., reject faith] after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."

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Verse 106 of Surah Ali ’Imran (3:106), a Medinan surah, is in juz 4, on page 63 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 106

Al-Mukhtasar

This great punishment will come upon them on the Day of Judgement, when the faces of those who have faith will become whitened, lighting up with joy and happiness; and the faces of those who denied the truth will become blackened, darkened with sadness and despair. As for those whose faces become blackened on that great day, they will be asked how they could reject faith in Allah alone, and deny the promise they made with Him that they would not worship anything besides Him, when they had had faith and acknowledged it. They will be told to taste the punishment Allah has prepared for them because of their disbelief.

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Other translations of verse 106

On the Day51 some faces will turn bright while other faces will turn dark. As for those whose faces turn dark, [they will be told], “Did you disbelieve after having believed? Taste the punishment for your disbelief.”

Notes

[51] i.e., the Day of Judgment.

On the Day (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) when some faces will become white and some faces will become black; as for those whose faces will become black (to them will be said): "Did you reject Faith after accepting it? Then taste the torment (in Hell) for rejecting Faith."

On the Day when (some) faces will be whitened and (some) faces will be blackened; and as for those whose faces have been blackened, it will be said unto them: Disbelieved ye after your (profession of) belief? Then taste the punishment for that ye disbelieved.

On the Day when some faces will be (lit up with) white, and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black: To those whose faces will be black, (will be said): "Did ye reject Faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting Faith."

On the day when (some) faces shall turn white and (some) faces shall turn black; then as to those whose faces turn black: Did you disbelieve after your believing? Taste therefore the chastisement because you disbelieved.

The Day when (some) faces are whitened, and (some) faces blackened. Then, as for the ones whose faces are blackened- "Did you disbelieve after your belief? Then taste the torment for that you disbelieved."

Verse 106 word by word

  1. يَوْمَ yawma (On the) Day ي و م
  2. تَبْيَضُّ tabyaḍḍu would become white ب ي ض
  3. وُجُوهٌ wujūhun (some) faces و ج ه
  4. وَتَسْوَدُّ wataswaddu and would become black س و د
  5. وُجُوهٌ wujūhun (some) faces و ج ه
  6. فَأَمَّا fa-ammā As for
  7. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those whose
  8. ٱسْوَدَّتْ is'waddat turn black س و د
  9. وُجُوهُهُمْ wujūhuhum [their] faces و ج ه
  10. أَكَفَرْتُم akafartum Did you disbelieve ك ف ر
  11. بَعْدَ baʿda after ب ع د
  12. إِيمَٰنِكُمْ īmānikum your belief أ م ن
  13. فَذُوقُوا۟ fadhūqū Then taste ذ و ق
  14. ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment ع ذ ب
  15. بِمَا bimā for what
  16. كُنتُمْ kuntum you used to ك و ن
  17. تَكْفُرُونَ takfurūna disbelieve ك ف ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3000

"Abu Umamah saw heads (of the Khawarij) hanging on the streets of Damascus. He said: 'The dogs of the Fire and the worst dead people under the canopy of the heavens. The best dead men are those whom these have killed.' He then recited: On the Day when some faces will become white and some faces…

رَأَى أَبُو أُمَامَةَ رُءُوسًا مَنْصُوبَةً عَلَى دَرَجِ مَسْجِدِ دِمَشْقَ فَقَالَ أَبُو أُمَامَةَ ‏"‏ كِلاَبُ النَّارِ شَرُّ قَتْلَى تَحْتَ أَدِيمِ السَّمَاءِ خَيْرُ قَتْلَى مَنْ قَتَلُوهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ ‏:‏ ‏‏(‏…

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    وَيَوْمَ يُعْرَضُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِٱلْحَقِّ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا قَالَ فَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    And the Day those who disbelieved are exposed to the Fire [it will be said], "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will say, "Then taste the punishment for what you used to deny."

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