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Al-Anfal 8:50

وَلَوۡ تَرَىٰٓ إِذۡ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ يَضۡرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمۡ وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ ٱلۡحَرِيقِ

If only you could see when the angels take the souls of the disbelievers, beating their faces and backs, ˹saying,˺ “Taste the torment of burning!

Word by word

وَلَوۡ
walaw
And if
Vocabulary
تَرَىٰٓ
tarā
you (could) see
Vocabulary
Root: راي
إِذۡ
idh
when
Vocabulary
يَتَوَفَّى
yatawaffā
take away souls
Vocabulary
Root: وفي
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
Vocabulary
كَفَرُواْ
kafarū
disbelieve
Vocabulary
Root: كفر
ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ
l-malāikatu
the Angels
Vocabulary
Root: ملك
يَضۡرِبُونَ
yaḍribūna
striking
Vocabulary
Root: ضرب
وُجُوهَهُمۡ
wujūhahum
their faces
Vocabulary
Root: وجه
وَأَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ
wa-adbārahum
and their backs
Vocabulary
Root: دبر
وَذُوقُواْ
wadhūqū
Taste
Vocabulary
Root: ذوق
عَذَابَ
ʿadhāba
(the) punishment
Vocabulary
Root: عذب
ٱلۡحَرِيقِ
l-ḥarīqi
(of) the Blazing Fire
Vocabulary
Root: حرق

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.