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Surah Taa-Haa (20) — Ayah 124

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وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَن ذِكْرِى فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ أَعْمَىٰ ﴿124﴾
"But whosoever turns away from My Reminder (i.e. neither believes in this Qur’ân nor acts on its teachings.) verily, for him is a life of hardship, and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection."
وَمَنْ waman And whoever
أَعْرَضَ aʿraḍa turns away
عَن ʿan from
ذِكْرِى dhik'rī My remembrance
فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
لَهُۥ lahu for him
مَعِيشَةًۭ maʿīshatan (is) a life
ضَنكًۭا ḍankan straitened
وَنَحْشُرُهُۥ wanaḥshuruhu and We will gather him
يَوْمَ yawma (on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ l-qiyāmati (of) the Resurrection
أَعْمَىٰ aʿmā blind

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124. 1. From this constriction, some have understood the punishment of the grave, and some have taken it to mean that anxiety, restlessness, and unease in which wealthy people who are heedless of the remembrance of Allah remain afflicted.