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Surah Ar-Rum, Verse 12

سورة الروم، الآية ١٢

30:12 Juz 21 Hizb 41 Page 405 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 30:12

وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُبْلِسُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ ۝١٢

Transliteration

wayawma taqūmu l-sāʿatu yub'lisu l-muj'rimūna

Translation

And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will be in despair.

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Verse 12 of Surah Ar-Rum (30:12), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 405 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 12

Al-Mukhtasar

On the day when the hour arrives, the criminals shall lose hope in the mercy of Allah and their hopes in Allah's mercy will end just as their arguments/excuses will end.

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Other translations of verse 12

On the Day when the Hour begins, the wicked will be in utmost despair.

And on the Day when the Hour will be established, the Mujrimûn (disbelievers, sinners, criminals, polytheists) will be plunged into destruction with (deep regrets, sorrows, and) despair.

And in the day when the Hour riseth the unrighteous will despair.

On the Day that the Hour will be established, the guilty will be struck dumb with despair.

And at the time when the hour shall come the guilty shall be in despair.

And on the Day when the Hour comes up, the criminals will be dumbfounded.

Verse 12 word by word

  1. وَيَوْمَ wayawma And (the) Day ي و م
  2. تَقُومُ taqūmu will (be) established ق و م
  3. ٱلسَّاعَةُ l-sāʿatu the Hour س و ع
  4. يُبْلِسُ yub'lisu will (be in) despair ب ل س
  5. ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ l-muj'rimūna the criminals ج ر م

Verses related to verse 12

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Ar-Rum 30:14

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَفَرَّقُونَ

    And the Day the Hour appears - that Day they will become separated.

  • Ar-Rum 30:55

    وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يُقْسِمُ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ مَا لَبِثُوا۟ غَيْرَ سَاعَةٍ كَذَٰلِكَ كَانُوا۟ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    And the Day the Hour appears the criminals will swear they had remained but an hour. Thus they were deluded.

  • Ghafir 40:46

    ٱلنَّارُ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا غُدُوًّا وَعَشِيًّا وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْخِلُوٓا۟ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ أَشَدَّ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    The Fire; they are exposed to it morning and evening. And the Day the Hour appears [it will be said], "Make the people of Pharaoh enter the severest punishment."

  • Al-Jathiyah 45:27

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

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