The Holy Quran 39:24 — Surah Az-Zumar

Arabic text

أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

Translation

(Is the person who abstains from evil better) Or the person who (because his hands will be bound) will try to use his face to save himself from a terrible punishment on the Day of Qiyaamah? It will be said to the oppressors (the Kuffaar on the Day of Qiyaamah), "Taste (the punishment for) what you (have) earned!"

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The punishment of the wrongdoers in the Hereafter: it is a man’s habit that when he is attacked from the front, he shields himself with his hands. But at the Gathering the hands of the wrongdoers will be bound, so the blows of punishment will fall directly on their faces.

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