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Surah al-Anbiya' (The Prophets ) 21 : 39

لَوْ يَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ حِينَ لَا يَكُفُّونَ عَن وُجُوهِهِمُ ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا عَن ظُهُورِهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Translations

 
 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(21:39:1)
(21:39:2)
yaʿlamu
knew
(21:39:3)
alladhīna
those who
(21:39:4)
kafarū
disbelieved
(21:39:5)
ḥīna
(the) time
(21:39:6)
(21:39:7)
yakuffūna
they will avert
(21:39:8)
(21:39:9)
wujūhihimu
their faces
(21:39:10)
l-nāra
the Fire
(21:39:11)
(21:39:12)
(21:39:13)
ẓuhūrihim
their backs
(21:39:14)
(21:39:15)
(21:39:16)
yunṣarūna
will be helped

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Explanatory Note

If the unbelievers only knew what will happen, they would change their attitude completely. They would stop their mockery and hastening of what is bound to come. Let them, then, see what is bound to come. There they are surrounded by the fire on all sides. We visualize their frantic movements, described implicitly in the verse, to protect their faces and their backs against the fire, but their attempt is futile. It is as if the fire engulfs them on all sides. They can neither keep it away from themselves, nor retreat to seek protection. Nor is even a short respite from it possible.

That the punishment comes suddenly is only the response for their hastening it. They used to say time after time. The answer is that it comes suddenly, perplexing their minds and paralysing their will. Thus they are unable to think or act, let alone enjoy a period of grace to mend their ways.

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According to  Ibn Attiyah and Qurtubi there is consensus on this Surah being a Makki Surah -

"Both the subject matter and the style of the Surah indicate that it was sent down in the third stage of the life of the Prophet at Makkah" [Ref: Mawdudi]

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