Surah Az-Zumar (الزمر) • The Troops

Quran 39:24

39:24

أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

afaman yattaqī biwajhihi sūa l-ʿadhābi yawma l-qiyāmati waqīla lilẓẓālimīna dhūqū mā kuntum taksibūna

Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you used to earn."

— Saheeh International

What about the one who will only have his bare face to protect him from his terrible suffering on the Day of Resurrection? It will be said to the evildoers, ‘Taste what you have earned.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Is he then, who will confront with his face the awful torment on the Day of Resurrection (as he who enters peacefully in Paradise)? And it will be said to the Zâlimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers): "Taste what you used to earn!"

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

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Word by Word

أَفَمَنafamanThen (is) he who
يَتَّقِىyattaqīwill shield
بِوَجْهِهِۦbiwajhihiwith his face
سُوٓءَsūa(the) worst
ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābipunishment
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِۚl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
وَقِيلَwaqīlaAnd it will be said
لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَlilẓẓālimīnato the wrongdoers
ذُوقُوا۟dhūqūTaste
مَاmāwhat
كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
تَكْسِبُونَtaksibūnaearn