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Surah Al-Fajr, Verse 21

سورة الفجر، الآية ٢١

89:21 Juz 30 Hizb 60 Page 593 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 89:21

كَلَّآ إِذَا دُكَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا ۝٢١

Transliteration

kallā idhā dukkati l-arḍu dakkan dakkan

Translation

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

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Verse 21 of Surah Al-Fajr (89:21), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 593 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 21

Al-Mukhtasar

These actions are not befitting of you. Remember when the earth will be moved vigorously and shaken.

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Other translations of verse 21

No indeed! When the earth is crushed over and over,

Nay! When the earth is ground to powder.

Nay, but when the earth is ground to atoms, grinding, grinding,

Nay! When the earth is pounded to powder,

Nay! when the earth is made to crumble to pieces,

Not at all, When the earth is pounded (into powder), pounding, pounding,

Verse 21 word by word

  1. كَلَّآ kallā Nay
  2. إِذَا idhā When
  3. دُكَّتِ dukkati is leveled د ك ك
  4. ٱلْأَرْضُ l-arḍu the earth أ ر ض
  5. دَكًّا dakkan pounded د ك ك
  6. دَكًّا dakkan (and) crushed د ك ك

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