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Surah Ya-Sin, Verse 49

سورة يس، الآية ٤٩

36:49 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 443 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 36:49

مَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً تَأْخُذُهُمْ وَهُمْ يَخِصِّمُونَ ۝٤٩

Transliteration

mā yanẓurūna illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan takhudhuhum wahum yakhiṣṣimūna

Translation

They do not await except one blast1273 which will seize them while they are disputing.

Notes

[1273] Literally, "cry" or "shriek," meaning the first blast of the Horn which will strike dead every living thing on the earth without warning.

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Verse 49 of Surah Ya-Sin (36:49), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 443 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 71 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 49

Al-Mukhtasar

But all these deniers of resurrection who regard it as far-fetched are waiting for is the first blast when it is blown into the trumpet, which will suddenly overtake them while they are in their worldly concerns of buying, selling, irrigating and herding and other worldly concerns.

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Other translations of verse 49

They are not awaiting but a single Blast that will seize them while they are still disputing14.

Notes

[14] The first blast (lit., a cry or a shriek) of the Trumpet will take them by surprise on the Day of Judgment while they will be disputing in their worldly affairs.

They await only but a single Saihah (shout), which will seize them while they are disputing!

They await but one Shout, which will surprise them while they are disputing.

They will not (have to) wait for aught but a single Blast: it will seize them while they are yet disputing among themselves!

They wait not for aught but a single cry which will overtake them while they yet contend with one another.

In no way are they awaiting anything except one Shout to take them (away) as they are in constant adversaries.

Verse 49 word by word

  1. مَا mā Not
  2. يَنظُرُونَ yanẓurūna they await ن ظ ر
  3. إِلَّا illā except
  4. صَيْحَةً ṣayḥatan a shout ص ي ح
  5. وَٰحِدَةً wāḥidatan one و ح د
  6. تَأْخُذُهُمْ takhudhuhum it will seize them أ خ ذ
  7. وَهُمْ wahum while they
  8. يَخِصِّمُونَ yakhiṣṣimūna are disputing خ ص م

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