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Al-Furqan (الفرقان)

Quran 25:12 — Surah Al-Furqan, Verse 12

Chapter 25 · The Criterion · Juz 18

12

إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًۭا وَزَفِيرًۭا

Izaa ra'at hum mim ma kaanim ba'eedin sami'oo lahaa taghaiyuzanw wa zafeeraa

When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

Quran 25:12 — Surah Al-Furqan

About This Verse

This is verse 12 of 77 in Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان), meaning “The Criterion”. It is a Meccan surah — revealed in Makkah before the Hijrah. This verse is located in Juz 18 (Part 18) of the Quran.

Surah Al-Furqan is the 25th chapter of the Holy Quran and contains 77 verses (ayat). You can listen to this surah with audio recitation and follow along with transliteration on QuranMakkah.com.

How to Read Quran 25:12

To pronounce this verse, follow the transliteration below. Each syllable represents the Arabic sounds written in Latin letters:

Izaa ra'at hum mim ma kaanim ba'eedin sami'oo lahaa taghaiyuzanw wa zafeeraa

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Surrounding Verses

10

تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِن شَآءَ جَعَلَ لَكَ خَيْرًۭا مِّن ذَٰلِكَ جَنَّٰتٍۢ تَجْرِى مِن تَحْتِهَا ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ وَيَجْعَل لَّكَ قُصُورًۢا

Blessed is He who, if He willed, could have made for you [something] better than that - gardens beneath which rivers flow - and could make for you palaces.

11

بَلْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ ۖ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِمَن كَذَّبَ بِٱلسَّاعَةِ سَعِيرًا

But they have denied the Hour, and We have prepared for those who deny the Hour a Blaze.

12

إِذَا رَأَتْهُم مِّن مَّكَانٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ سَمِعُوا۟ لَهَا تَغَيُّظًۭا وَزَفِيرًۭا

When the Hellfire sees them from a distant place, they will hear its fury and roaring.

13

وَإِذَآ أُلْقُوا۟ مِنْهَا مَكَانًۭا ضَيِّقًۭا مُّقَرَّنِينَ دَعَوْا۟ هُنَالِكَ ثُبُورًۭا

And when they are thrown into a narrow place therein bound in chains, they will cry out thereupon for destruction.

14

لَّا تَدْعُوا۟ ٱلْيَوْمَ ثُبُورًۭا وَٰحِدًۭا وَٱدْعُوا۟ ثُبُورًۭا كَثِيرًۭا

[They will be told], "Do not cry this Day for one destruction but cry for much destruction."