Surah 23 · verse 40
Al-Mu'minun 23:40
Sign in to listenقَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ
qala 'amma qalilin layusbihunna nadimin
[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ
Life is not but our worldly life - we die and live, but we will not be resurrected.
Verse 38إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ كَذِبًا وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
He is not but a man who has invented a lie about Allah, and we will not believe him."
Verse 39قَالَ رَبِّ انصُرْنِي بِمَا كَذَّبُونِ
He said, "My Lord, support me because they have denied me."
قَالَ عَمَّا قَلِيلٍ لَّيُصْبِحُنَّ نَادِمِينَ
[Allah] said, "After a little, they will surely become regretful."
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.
Verse 42ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا آخَرِينَ
Then We produced after them other generations.
Verse 43مَا تَسْبِقُ مِنْ أُمَّةٍ أَجَلَهَا وَمَا يَسْتَأْخِرُونَ
No nation will precede its time [of termination], nor will they remain [thereafter].