Surah Al-An'am Verse 30 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : If you could but see when they will be made…

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Translation Transliteration — Al-An'am

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ ۝٣٠

🔤 Transliteration

Wa law taraa iz wuqifoo `alaa Rabbihim; qaala alaisa haazaa bilhaqq; qaaloo balaa wa Rabbinaa; qaala fazooqul `azaaba bimaa kuntum takfuroon

📖 Translation (English Meaning)

📖 English Meaning

If you could but see when they will be made to stand before their Lord. He will say, "Is this not the truth?" They will say, "Yes, by our Lord." He will [then] say, "So taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve."

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Translation — Tafsir

Word Meanings:

وُقِفُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ: They were detained and brought to stand before their Lord for accountability and rebuke.
بَلَىٰ: Yes, indeed — an emphatic affirmation used in response to a negative question.
فَذُوقُوا: So taste — an imperative expressing the onset of punishment.

Tafsir (Explanation):

If you could see, O Messenger, the state of those who denied the Resurrection when they are halted before their Lord on the Day of Judgment — you would witness a sight of utter humiliation and regret. Allah will say to them, rebuking them: "Is this not the truth?" — meaning, is this resurrection and recompense that you used to deny in the worldly life not the absolute reality? At that moment, all their arrogance and denial will vanish, and they will answer with complete submission: "Yes, by our Lord, it is indeed the truth!" They will affirm it with an oath, acknowledging what they once rejected. But this confession will come too late. Allah will then say to them: "Then taste the punishment because you used to disbelieve" — that is, taste now the torment you mocked and denied, as a direct consequence of your disbelief in Allah, His Messenger, and the Day of Judgment.

This verse carries a profound lesson for every soul: the truth that we deny in this life will become undeniably clear in the next — but by then, acknowledgment will not save us. The disbelievers will confess with their own tongues, swearing by their Lord that what they once rejected is real, yet their confession will only serve as evidence against them. How many of us today live as if there is no accountability, no standing before Allah? This verse awakens the heart to the certainty of that Day — a Day when excuses will be useless, and only faith and righteous deeds will benefit.

Dear reader, do not wait until you stand before your Lord to believe. The Qur'an has already shown you the scene — the regret, the confession, the punishment. Allah, in His infinite mercy, has warned us now so that we may return to Him before it is too late. Embrace the truth today, submit to your Creator, and follow His Messenger ﷺ, so that when you stand before Him, you will be among those who believed without seeing, and who will be greeted with mercy instead of rebuke. The choice is yours — taste the sweetness of faith now, or the bitterness of regret then.

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📜 Verse 28-32 — Al-An'am

28بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا لَعَادُوا لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ

But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.

29وَقَالُوا إِنْ هِيَ إِلَّا حَيَاتُنَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمَبْعُوثِينَ

And they say, "There is none but our worldly life, and we will not be resurrected."

30وَلَوْ تَرَىٰ إِذْ وُقِفُوا عَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ هَٰذَا بِالْحَقِّ ۚ قَالُوا بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّنَا ۚ قَالَ فَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْفُرُونَ

31قَدْ خَسِرَ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِلِقَاءِ اللَّهِ ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَتْهُمُ السَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً قَالُوا يَا حَسْرَتَنَا عَلَىٰ مَا فَرَّطْنَا فِيهَا وَهُمْ يَحْمِلُونَ أَوْزَارَهُمْ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِمْ ۚ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ

Those will have lost who deny the meeting with Allah, until when the Hour [of resurrection] comes upon them unexpectedly, they will say, "Oh, [how great is] our regret over what we neglected concerning it," while they bear their burdens on their backs. Unquestionably, evil is that which they bear.

32وَمَا الْحَيَاةُ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا لَعِبٌ وَلَهْوٌ ۖ وَلَلدَّارُ الْآخِرَةُ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَ ۗ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah, so will you not reason?

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Surah Al-An'am Verse 30 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : If you could but see when they will be made…

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