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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 85

سورة النحل، الآية ٨٥

16:85 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 276 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:85

وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ ۝٨٥

Transliteration

wa-idhā raā alladhīna ẓalamū l-ʿadhāba falā yukhaffafu ʿanhum walā hum yunẓarūna

Translation

And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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Verse 85 of Surah An-Nahl (16:85), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 276 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 85

Al-Mukhtasar

When the wrongdoers and idolaters will see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them and they will not be given respite by it being delayed from them. Instead, they will enter it to live in it forever.

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Other translations of verse 85

When the wrongdoers face the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be given any respite.

And when those who did wrong (the disbelievers) will see the torment, then it will not be lightened unto them, nor will they be given respite.

And when those who did wrong behold the doom, it will not be made light for them, nor will they be reprieved.

When the wrong-doers (actually) see the Penalty, then will it in no way be mitigated, nor will they then receive respite.

And when those who are unjust shall see the chastisement, it shall not be lightened for them, nor shall they be respited.

And when the ones who did injustice see the torment, then it will not be lightened for them, and they will not be respited.

Verse 85 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. رَءَا raā (will) see ر أ ي
  3. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  4. ظَلَمُوا۟ ẓalamū wronged ظ ل م
  5. ٱلْعَذَابَ l-ʿadhāba the punishment ع ذ ب
  6. فَلَا falā then not
  7. يُخَفَّفُ yukhaffafu it will be lightened خ ف ف
  8. عَنْهُمْ ʿanhum for them
  9. وَلَا walā and not
  10. هُمْ hum they
  11. يُنظَرُونَ yunẓarūna will be given respite ن ظ ر

Verses related to verse 85

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Furqan 25:12–14

    إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًا وَزَفِيرًا …

    When it [i.e., the Hellfire] sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring. …

  • Al-Kahf 18:53

    وَرَءَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ٱلنَّارَ فَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُم مُّوَاقِعُوهَا وَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ عَنْهَا مَصْرِفًا

    And the criminals will see the Fire and will be certain that they are to fall therein. And they will not find from it a way elsewhere.

  • Al-Anbya 21:39–40

    لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ …

    If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided... …

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