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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 26

سورة الزمر، الآية ٢٦

39:26 Juz 23 Hizb 46 Page 461 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:26

فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٢٦

Transliteration

fa-adhāqahumu l-lahu l-khiz'ya fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūna

Translation

So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

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Verse 26 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:26), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 461 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 26

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By this punishment Allah made them taste humiliation, disgrace and shame in the worldly life. The punishment of the Hereafter that awaits them is worse and more severe if they only knew.

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Other translations of verse 26

Therefore Allah gave them a taste of disgrace in the life of this world, but the punishment of the Hereafter will be far greater, if only they knew.

So Allâh made them to taste the disgrace in the present life, but greater is the torment of the Hereafter if they only knew!

Thus Allah made them taste humiliation in the life of the world, and verily the doom of the Hereafter will be greater if they did but know.

So Allah gave them a taste of humiliation in the present life, but greater is the punishment of the Hereafter, if they only knew!

So Allah made them taste the disgrace in this world's life, and certainly the punishment of the hereafter is greater; did they but know!

So Allah made them taste disgrace in the present life, (i.e., confronts with his face) and indeed the torment of the Hereafter is greater, if only they do know.

Verse 26 word by word

  1. فَأَذَاقَهُمُ fa-adhāqahumu So Allah made them ذ و ق
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu So Allah made them
  3. ٱلْخِزْىَ l-khiz'ya the disgrace خ ز ي
  4. فِى fī in
  5. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ l-ḥayati the life ح ي ي
  6. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world د ن و
  7. وَلَعَذَابُ walaʿadhābu and certainly (the) punishment ع ذ ب
  8. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati (of) the Hereafter أ خ ر
  9. أَكْبَرُ akbaru (is) greater ك ب ر
  10. لَوْ law if
  11. كَانُوا۟ kānū they ك و ن
  12. يَعْلَمُونَ yaʿlamūna knew ع ل م

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  • Al-Qalam 68:33

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

  • Fussilat 41:16

    فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:34

    لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.

  • An-Nahl 16:41

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هَاجَرُوا۟ فِى ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ لَنُبَوِّئَنَّهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَلَأَجْرُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    And those who emigrated for [the cause of] Allāh after they had been wronged - We will surely settle them in this world in a good place; but the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if only they could know.

  • Yunus 10:98

    فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ ءَامَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَٰنُهَآ إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

    Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.

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