Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:55

29:55

يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

yawma yaghshāhumu l-ʿadhābu min fawqihim wamin taḥti arjulihim wayaqūlu dhūqū mā kuntum taʿmalūna

On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

— Saheeh International

on the Day when punishment overwhelms them from above and from below their very feet, and they will be told, ‘Now taste the punishment for what you used to do.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

On the Day when the torment (Hell-fire) shall cover them from above them and from underneath their feet, and it will be said: "Taste what you used to do."

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

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Word by Word

يَوْمَyawmaOn (the) Day
يَغْشَىٰهُمُyaghshāhumuwill cover them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
مِنminfrom
فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
وَمِنwaminand from
تَحْتِtaḥtibelow
أَرْجُلِهِمْarjulihimtheir feet
وَيَقُولُwayaqūluand He will say
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
مَاmāwhat
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna(to) do