Sura 24 An-Nur (The Light), ayah 39
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وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ الظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
Translation by words
- وَٱلَّذِينَ
- But those who
- كَفَرُوٓا۟
- disbelieve,
- أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ
- their deeds
- كَسَرَابٍۭ
- (are) like a mirage
- بِقِيعَةٍ
- in a lowland,
- يَحْسَبُهُ
- thinks it
- ٱلظَّمْـَٔانُ
- the thirsty one
- مَآءً
- (to be) water,
- حَتَّىٰٓ
- until
- إِذَا
- when
- جَآءَهُۥ
- he comes to it,
- لَمْ
- not
- يَجِدْهُ
- he finds it
- شَيْـًٔا
- (to be) anything,
- وَوَجَدَ
- but he finds
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- عِندَهُۥ
- before him,
- فَوَفَّىٰهُ
- He will pay him in full
- حِسَابَهُۥ
- his due.
- وَٱللَّهُ
- And Allah
- سَرِيعُ
- (is) swift
- ٱلْحِسَابِ
- (in) the account.
But those who disbelieved - their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds Allah before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and Allah is swift in account.
24:39
Translation: Saheeh International