Each verse on its own line, with its transliteration, translation and commentary beneath. Choose what to show with the Show button at the top; your choice is remembered.
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most MercifulVerses 36–43
8 versesAl-Qalam 43
خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۜ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ ٤٣
Mushaf
Transliteration
43Ḫâşiʿaten ebṣâruhüm terheḳuhüm ẕilleh. veḳad kânû yüdʿavne ile-ssücûdi vehüm sâlimûn.
English Translation
43On that day fear will envelop their eyes and humiliation will cover them on every side. Yet while they were in the world, they had been invited to prostrate and would not consent to prostrate.
Explanatory translation
43On that day they will look toward the ground out of shame and regret. A terrible fear will cover their eyes, and they will feel humiliation to the marrow of their bones. Yet in the world, while they were at ease, they had been offered many opportunities and had been invited again and again by Our messengers to prostrate before Allah and to believe. But they had stubbornly rejected this invitation. Let them remember! They had been asked to exalt Allah and to live according to Allah’s laws. But they rebelled. They said, “We will not act according to laws that are outdated, irrational, and unscientific!” Following Satan, they lived according to ideologies and laws they had made up in their own heads. Granting superiority and exaltedness to others besides Allah, they held those others’ principles and laws in the highest esteem.
Related verses
Read the whole of Surah Al-Qalam
The translation is the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çavdar, in English where it has been translated. Verse groups and the group translation are from the Turkish translation by Mustafa Çevik. The explanatory translation was compiled by combining various translations.
The Arabic text follows the orthography of the mushafs printed in Turkey. Transliteration: Muhammet Abay, “Çeviriyazı”.