حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًۭا ذَا عَذَابٍۢ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

Until, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold! they are aghast thereat.

Al Muminoon 23:77

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“Until, when We open for them the gate of extreme punishment, behold! they are aghast thereat.”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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