Surah As-Sajdah (السجدة) • The Prostration

Quran 32:21

32:21

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

walanudhīqannahum mina l-ʿadhābi l-adnā dūna l-ʿadhābi l-akbari laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will return [i.e., repent].

— Saheeh International

We shall certainly make them taste a nearer torment [in this life] prior to the greater torment, so that perhaps they may return [to the right path].

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And verily, We will make them taste of the near torment (i.e. the torment in the life of this world, i.e. disasters, calamities, etc.) prior to the supreme torment (in the Hereafter), in order that they may (repent and) return (i.e. accept Islâm).

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

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Word by Word

وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُمwalanudhīqannahumAnd surely, We will let them taste
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
ٱلْأَدْنَىٰl-adnāthe nearer
دُونَdūnabefore
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābithe punishment
ٱلْأَكْبَرِl-akbarithe greater
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn