Surah 89 · verse 21
Al-Fajr 89:21
Sign in to listenكَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
kalla idha dukkat al-ard dakkan dakkan
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
وَلَا تَحَاضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ الْمِسْكِينِ
And you do not encourage one another to feed the poor.
Verse 19وَتَأْكُلُونَ التُّرَاثَ أَكْلًا لَّمًّا
And you consume inheritance, devouring [it] altogether,
Verse 20وَتُحِبُّونَ الْمَالَ حُبًّا جَمًّا
And you love wealth with immense love.
كَلَّا إِذَا دُكَّتِ الْأَرْضُ دَكًّا دَكًّا
No! When the earth has been leveled - pounded and crushed -
وَجَاءَ رَبُّكَ وَالْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا
And your Lord has come and the angels, rank upon rank,
Verse 23وَجِيءَ يَوْمَئِذٍ بِجَهَنَّمَ ۚ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَتَذَكَّرُ الْإِنسَانُ وَأَنَّىٰ لَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ
And brought [within view], that Day, is Hell - that Day, man will remember, but what good to him will be the remembrance?
Verse 24يَقُولُ يَا لَيْتَنِي قَدَّمْتُ لِحَيَاتِي
He will say, "Oh, I wish I had sent ahead [some good] for my life."
