Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:39

21:39

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

law yaʿlamu alladhīna kafarū ḥīna lā yakuffūna ʿan wujūhihimu l-nāra walā ʿan ẓuhūrihim walā hum yunṣarūna

If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

— Saheeh International

If the disbelievers only knew, the time will arrive when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces or their backs, and they will get no help.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

If only those who disbelieved knew (the time) when they will not be able to ward off the Fire from their faces, nor from their backs, and they will not be helped.

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

Juz 17Page 325meccan

Word by Word

لَوْlawIf
يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknew
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
حِينَḥīna(the) time
لَاlā(when) not
يَكُفُّونَyakuffūnathey will avert
عَنʿanfrom
وُجُوهِهِمُwujūhihimutheir faces
ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
وَلَاwalāand not
عَنʿanfrom
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمْhumthey
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped