Text of verse 78:27
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا ٢٧
Transliteration
innahum kānū lā yarjūna ḥisāban
Translation
Indeed, they were not expecting an account
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Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary
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Surah An-Naba, Verse 27
سورة النبإ، الآية ٢٧
Verse 27 of Surah An-Naba (78:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 582 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 27
Al-Mukhtasar
Indeed, in the world, they did not fear the Allah taking them to account in the afterlife, because they did not bring faith in the resurrection. So if they had feared the resurrection, they would have brought faith in Allah and performed good deeds.
Other translations of verse 27
Indeed, they did not expect a reckoning,
For verily, they used not to look for a reckoning.
For lo! they looked not for a reckoning;
For that they used not to fear any account (for their deeds),
Surely they feared not the account,
Surely they did not hope for a reckoning,
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Al-Furqan 25:40
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا
And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.