Surah Al-Anbya (الأنبياء) • The Prophets

Quran 21:46

21:46

وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

wala-in massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna

And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

— Saheeh International

yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And if a breath (minor calamity) of the Torment of your Lord touches them, they will surely cry: "Woe unto us! Indeed we have been Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)."

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

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Word by Word

وَلَئِنwala-inAnd if
مَّسَّتْهُمْmassathumtouches them
نَفْحَةٌۭnafḥatuna whiff
مِّنْminof
عَذَابِʿadhābi(the) punishment
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnasurely they will say
يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to us
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers