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Surah Ar-Rahman, Verse 41

سورة الرحمن، الآية ٤١

55:41 Juz 27 Hizb 54 Page 533 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 55:41

يُعْرَفُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ بِسِيمَٰهُمْ فَيُؤْخَذُ بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ ۝٤١

Transliteration

yuʿ'rafu l-muj'rimūna bisīmāhum fayu'khadhu bil-nawāṣī wal-aqdāmi

Translation

The criminals will be known by their marks, and they will be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

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Verse 41 of Surah Ar-Rahman (55:41), a Medinan surah, is in juz 27, on page 533 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 41

Al-Mukhtasar

The guilty ones will be recognised on that day by their mark, which is the blackness of their faces and the blueness of their eyes. Their forelocks will be tied to their feet and they will be thrown into Hell.

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Other translations of verse 41

The wicked will be known by their marks and will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

The Mujrimûn (polytheists, criminals, sinners) will be known by their marks (black faces), and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

The guilty will be known by their marks, and will be taken by the forelocks and the feet.

(For) the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their forelocks and their feet.

The guilty shall be recognized by their marks, so they shall be seized by the forelocks and the feet.

The criminals will be recognized by their marks, and (they) will be taken (away) by (their) forelocks and (their) feet.

Verse 41 word by word

  1. يُعْرَفُ yuʿ'rafu Will be known ع ر ف
  2. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ l-muj'rimūna the criminals ج ر م
  3. بِسِيمَٰهُمْ bisīmāhum by their marks س و م
  4. فَيُؤْخَذُ fayu'khadhu and will be seized أ خ ذ
  5. بِٱلنَّوَٰصِى bil-nawāṣī by the forelocks ن ص ي
  6. وَٱلْأَقْدَامِ wal-aqdāmi and the feet ق د م

Hadiths that cite this verse

One hadith cites this verse; its text is in Arabic.

Verses related to verse 41

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Haqqah 69:16

    وَٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَهِىَ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَاهِيَةٌ

    And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

  • Al-Furqan 25:25

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

    And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

  • Al-Hijr 15:92–93

    فَوَرَبِّكَ لَنَسْـَٔلَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ …

    So by your Lord, We will surely question them all …

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