Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:42

4:42

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَعَصَوُا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ ٱللَّهَ حَدِيثًا

yawma-idhin yawaddu alladhīna kafarū waʿaṣawū l-rasūla law tusawwā bihimu l-arḍu walā yaktumūna l-laha ḥadīthan

That Day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they could be covered by the earth. And they will not conceal from Allāh a [single] statement.

— Saheeh International

On that day, those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Prophet will wish that the earth could swallow them up: they will not be able to hide anything from God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

On that day those who disbelieved and disobeyed the Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) will wish that they were buried in the earth, but they will never be able to hide a single fact from Allâh.

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

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Word by Word

يَوْمَئِذٍۢyawma-idhin(On) that Day
يَوَدُّyawadduwill wish
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
وَعَصَوُا۟waʿaṣawūand disobeyed
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messenger
لَوْlawif
تُسَوَّىٰtusawwāwas leveled
بِهِمُbihimuwith them
ٱلْأَرْضُl-arḍuthe earth
وَلَاwalāand not
يَكْتُمُونَyaktumūnathey will (be able to) hide
ٱللَّهَl-laha(from) Allah
حَدِيثًۭاḥadīthan(any) statement