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Qur’an 78:21 An-Naba, verse 21
إِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ كَانَتْ مِرْصَادًۭا
Indeed, Hell has been lying in wait
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| إِنَّ | inna | Indeed | |
| جَهَنَّمَ | jahannama | Hell | |
| كَانَتْ | kānat | is | ك و ن |
| مِرْصَادًۭا | mir'ṣādan | lying in wait | ر ص د |
Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.
In context
The verses around 78:21 in An-Naba.
- 78:19وَفُتِحَتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ أَبْوَٰبًۭاAnd the heaven is opened and will become gateways
- 78:20وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًاAnd the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.
- 78:22لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًۭاFor the transgressors, a place of return,
- 78:23لَّٰبِثِينَ فِيهَآ أَحْقَابًۭاIn which they will remain for ages [unending].
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