Surah Al-Jathiyah (الجاثية) • The Crouching

Quran 45:8

45:8

يَسْمَعُ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا ۖ فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

yasmaʿu āyāti l-lahi tut'lā ʿalayhi thumma yuṣirru mus'takbiran ka-an lam yasmaʿhā fabashir'hu biʿadhābin alīmin

Who hears the verses of Allāh recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

— Saheeh International

who hears God’s revelations being recited to him, yet persists in his arrogance as if he had never heard them––[Prophet] bring him news of a painful torment!––

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Who hears the Verses of Allâh (being) recited to him, yet persists with pride as if he heard them not. So announce to him a painful torment!

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

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Word by Word

يَسْمَعُyasmaʿuWho hears
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
تُتْلَىٰtut'lārecited
عَلَيْهِʿalayhito him
ثُمَّthummathen
يُصِرُّyuṣirrupersists
مُسْتَكْبِرًۭاmus'takbiranarrogantly
كَأَنka-anas if
لَّمْlamnot
يَسْمَعْهَاۖyasmaʿhāhe heard them
فَبَشِّرْهُfabashir'huSo give him tidings
بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin(of) a punishment
أَلِيمٍۢalīminpainful