Surah Muhammad
Quran 47:27
Read Quran 47:27 from Surah Muhammad (Muhammad) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 47:27
فَكَيْفَ إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ٢٧
Then how (will it be with them) when the angels gather them, smiting their faces and their backs!
English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.
- Surah
- 47. Muhammad (Muhammad)
- Ayah
- 27 of 38
- Revelation
- Medinan (revealed in Medina)
- Reference
- 47:27
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 47:27
Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.
{ فَكَيْفَ } ترى حالهم الشنيعة، ورؤيتهم الفظيعة { إِذَا تَوَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَة } الموكلون بقبض أرواحهم، { يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَارَهُمْ } بالمقامع الشديدة؟!.