Surah An-Nazi'at (النازعات) • Those who drag forth

Quran 79:46

79:46

كَأَنَّهُمْ يَوْمَ يَرَوْنَهَا لَمْ يَلْبَثُوٓا۟ إِلَّا عَشِيَّةً أَوْ ضُحَىٰهَا

ka-annahum yawma yarawnahā lam yalbathū illā ʿashiyyatan aw ḍuḥāhā

It will be, on the Day they see it, as though they had not remained [in the world] except for an afternoon or a morning thereof.

— Saheeh International

On the Day they see it, it will seem they lingered [in this life] an evening [at most,] or its morning.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The Day they see it, (it will be) as if they had not tarried (in this world) except an afternoon or a morning.

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

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Word by Word

كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumAs though they
يَوْمَyawma(the) Day
يَرَوْنَهَاyarawnahāthey see it
لَمْlamnot
يَلْبَثُوٓا۟yalbathūthey had remained
إِلَّاillāexcept
عَشِيَّةًʿashiyyatanan evening
أَوْawor
ضُحَىٰهَاḍuḥāhāa morning thereof