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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 40

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٤٠

23:40 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 344 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:40

قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَٰدِمِينَ ۝٤٠

Transliteration

qāla ʿammā qalīlin layuṣ'biḥunna nādimīna

Translation

[Allāh] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."

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Verse 40 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:40), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 344 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 40

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Allah responded to him, saying, “Very soon, these people who have rejected the message you have brought to them will regret their rejection.”

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Other translations of verse 40

Allah said, “In a little while they will surely be regretful.”

(Allâh) said: "In a little while, they are sure to be regretful."

He said: In a little while they surely will become repentant.

(Allah) said: "In but a little while, they are sure to be sorry!"

He said: In a little while they will most certainly be repenting.

Said He, "In a little while indeed they will definitely become remorseful."

Verse 40 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. عَمَّا ʿammā After a little while
  3. قَلِيلٍ qalīlin After a little while ق ل ل
  4. لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ layuṣ'biḥunna surely they will become ص ب ح
  5. نَٰدِمِينَ nādimīna regretful ن د م

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