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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 42

سورة القصص، الآية ٤٢

28:42 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 390 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:42

وَأَتْبَعْنَٰهُمْ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ هُم مِّنَ ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

wa-atbaʿnāhum fī hādhihi l-dun'yā laʿnatan wayawma l-qiyāmati hum mina l-maqbūḥīna

Translation

And We caused to overtake them in this world a curse, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be of the despised.1106

Notes

[1106] Literally, "those made hideous," who will be far removed from all good and mercy.

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Verse 42 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:42), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 390 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 42

Al-Mukhtasar

And I followed their punishment up with another, which was humiliation and exile in the worldly life. And then on the Day of Judgement they will be distanced from My mercy and detested by Me and My believing servants.

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Other translations of verse 42

We caused a curse to pursue them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among those who are despised.

And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection, they will be among Al-Maqbuhûn (those who are prevented from receiving Allâh’s Mercy or any good; despised or destroyed).

And We made a curse to follow them in this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be among the hateful.

in this world We made a curse to follow them and on the Day of Judgment they will be among the loathed (and despised).

And We caused a curse to follow them in this world, and on the day of resurrection they shall be of those made to appear hideous.

And We made a curse to follow them in this present (life) (Literally: this lowly "life", i.e., the life of this world) and on the Day of the Resurrection they will be among the spurned.

Verse 42 word by word

  1. وَأَتْبَعْنَٰهُمْ wa-atbaʿnāhum And We caused to follow them ت ب ع
  2. فِى fī in
  3. هَٰذِهِ hādhihi this
  4. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā world د ن و
  5. لَعْنَةً laʿnatan a curse ل ع ن
  6. وَيَوْمَ wayawma and (on the) Day ي و م
  7. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection ق و م
  8. هُم hum they
  9. مِّنَ mina (will be) of
  10. ٱلْمَقْبُوحِينَ l-maqbūḥīna the despised ق ب ح

Verses related to verse 42

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:99

    وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ

    And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.

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  • Hud 11:60

    وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ

    And they were [therefore] followed in this world with a curse and [as well] on the Day of Resurrection. Unquestionably, ʿAad denied their Lord; then away with ʿAad, the people of Hūd.

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