Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:33

68:33

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

kadhālika l-ʿadhābu walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūna

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

— Saheeh International

Such is the punishment [in this life], but greater still is the punishment in the Hereafter, if only they knew.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Such is the punishment (in this life), but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they but knew.

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

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Word by Word

كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuch
ٱلْعَذَابُۖl-ʿadhābu(is) the punishment
وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely the punishment
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
أَكْبَرُۚakbaru(is) greater
لَوْlawif
كَانُوا۟kānūthey
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow