Surah Ibrahim (ابراهيم) • Abraham

Quran 14:17

14:17

يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُسِيغُهُۥ وَيَأْتِيهِ ٱلْمَوْتُ مِن كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمَيِّتٍ ۖ وَمِن وَرَآئِهِۦ عَذَابٌ غَلِيظٌ

yatajarraʿuhu walā yakādu yusīghuhu wayatīhi l-mawtu min kulli makānin wamā huwa bimayyitin wamin warāihi ʿadhābun ghalīẓun

He will gulp it but will hardly [be able to] swallow it. And death will come to him from everywhere, but he is not to die. And before him is a massive punishment.

— Saheeh International

which he will try to gulp but scarcely be able to swallow; death will encroach on him from every side, but he will not die; more intense suffering will lie ahead of him.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He will sip it unwillingly, and he will find a great difficulty to swallow it down his throat; and death will come to him from every side, yet he will not die and in front of him, will be a great torment.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 13Page 257meccan

Word by Word

يَتَجَرَّعُهُۥyatajarraʿuhuHe will sip it
وَلَاwalābut not
يَكَادُyakāduhe will be near
يُسِيغُهُۥyusīghuhu(to) swallowing it
وَيَأْتِيهِwayatīhiAnd will come to him
ٱلْمَوْتُl-mawtuthe death
مِنminfrom
كُلِّkullievery
مَكَانٍۢmakāninside
وَمَاwamābut not
هُوَhuwahe
بِمَيِّتٍۢۖbimayyitinwill die
وَمِنwaminAnd ahead of him
وَرَآئِهِۦwarāihiAnd ahead of him
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
غَلِيظٌۭghalīẓunharsh