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Surah An-Naml (27) — Ayah 85

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وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ ﴿85﴾
And the Word (of torment) will be fulfilled against them, because they have done wrong, and they will be unable to speak (in order to defend themselves).
وَوَقَعَ wawaqaʿa And (will be) fulfilled
ٱلْقَوْلُ l-qawlu the word
عَلَيْهِم ʿalayhim against them
بِمَا bimā because
ظَلَمُوا۟ ẓalamū they wronged
فَهُمْ fahum and they
لَا (will) not
يَنطِقُونَ yanṭiqūna speak

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85. And the Word (of punishment) will be fulfilled against them because of their wrongdoing, and they will not be able to speak [90].

[90] That is, it will befall them; their guilt will be established that they truly dealt unjustly with the signs of Allah. Therefore, they will not be able to find any answer to this question.