الْاَنْبِيَاءِ

Surah Al-Anbya, ayah 97

The Prophets · Meccan · 112 ayahs

21:97

وَاقْتَرَبَ الْوَعْدُ الْحَقُّ فَاِذَا هِیَ شَاخِصَةٌ اَبْصَارُ الَّذٖینَ كَفَرُواؕ یَا وَیْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فٖی غَفْلَةٍ مِنْ هٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَالِمٖینَ

Waiqtaraba alwaAAdu alhaqqu faitha hiya shakhisatun absaru allatheena kafaroo ya waylana qad kunna fee ghaflatin min hatha bal kunna thalimeena

Translations

And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of this; rather, we were wrongdoers

Saheeh International

And the True Promise draweth nigh; then behold them, staring wide (in terror), the eyes of those who disbelieve! (They say): Alas for us! We (lived) in forgetfulness of this. Ah, but we were wrong-doers

Marmaduke Pickthall