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Surah Ghafir, Verse 71

سورة غافر، الآية ٧١

40:71 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 475 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 40:71

إِذِ ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ يُسْحَبُونَ ۝٧١

Transliteration

idhi l-aghlālu fī aʿnāqihim wal-salāsilu yus'ḥabūna

Translation

When the shackles are around their necks and the chains; they will be dragged

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Verse 71 of Surah Ghafir (40:71), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 475 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 71

Al-Mukhtasar

They will learn its outcome when the shackles will be on their necks and the chains on their feet, with the angels of hell dragging them.

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Other translations of verse 71

when the shackles will be around their necks, and with chains they will be dragged

When iron collars will be rounded over their necks, and the chains, they shall be dragged along,6

Notes

[6] (V.40:71) See the footnote of (V.17:97).

When carcans are about their necks and chains. They are dragged

When the yokes (shall be) round their necks, and the chains; they shall be dragged along-

When the fetters and the chains shall be on their necks; they shall be dragged

As the shackles are on their necks, and (also) the chains; they are pulled.

Verse 71 word by word

  1. إِذِ idhi When
  2. ٱلْأَغْلَٰلُ l-aghlālu the iron collars غ ل ل
  3. فِىٓ fī (will be) around
  4. أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ aʿnāqihim their necks ع ن ق
  5. وَٱلسَّلَٰسِلُ wal-salāsilu and the chains س ل س ل
  6. يُسْحَبُونَ yus'ḥabūna they will be dragged س ح ب

Verses related to verse 71

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Ar-Rahman 55:43–44

    هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى يُكَذِّبُ بِهَا ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ …

    This is Hell, which the criminals deny. …

  • As-Saffat 37:68

    ثُمَّ إِنَّ مَرْجِعَهُمْ لَإِلَى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Then indeed, their return will be to the Hellfire.

  • Al-Waqi’ah 56:41–56

    وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ …

    And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left? …

  • Ad-Dukhan 44:43–50

    إِنَّ شَجَرَتَ ٱلزَّقُّومِ …

    Indeed, the tree of zaqqūm …

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