Surah An-Nur (النور) • The Light

Quran 24:39

24:39

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍۭ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ مَآءً حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَهُۥ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْـًٔا وَوَجَدَ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥ فَوَفَّىٰهُ حِسَابَهُۥ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ

wa-alladhīna kafarū aʿmāluhum kasarābin biqīʿatin yaḥsabuhu l-ẓamānu māan ḥattā idhā jāahu lam yajid'hu shayan wawajada l-laha ʿindahu fawaffāhu ḥisābahu wal-lahu sarīʿu l-ḥisābi

But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allāh before him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allāh is swift in account.

— Saheeh International

But the deeds of those who disbelieve are like a mirage in a desert: the thirsty person thinks there will be water but, when he gets there, he finds only God, who pays him his account in full- God is swift in reckoning.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

As for those who disbelieve, their deeds are like a mirage in a desert. The thirsty one thinks it to be water, until he comes up to it, he finds it to be nothing; but he finds Allâh with him, Who will pay him his due (Hell). And Allâh is Swift in taking account.

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

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Word by Word

وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaBut those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve
أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْaʿmāluhumtheir deeds
كَسَرَابٍۭkasarābin(are) like a mirage
بِقِيعَةٍۢbiqīʿatinin a lowland
يَحْسَبُهُyaḥsabuhuthinks it
ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُl-ẓamānuthe thirsty one
مَآءًmāan(to be) water
حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
إِذَاidhāwhen
جَآءَهُۥjāahuhe comes to it
لَمْlamnot
يَجِدْهُyajid'huhe finds it
شَيْـًۭٔاshayan(to be) anything
وَوَجَدَwawajadabut he finds
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عِندَهُۥʿindahubefore him
فَوَفَّىٰهُfawaffāhuHe will pay him in full
حِسَابَهُۥۗḥisābahuhis due
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
سَرِيعُsarīʿu(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi(in) the account