بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةًۭ فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ
Bal taateehim baghtatan fatabhatuhum falaa yastatee'oona raddahaa wa laa hum yunzaroon
Rather, it will come to them unexpectedly and bewilder them, and they will not be able to repel it, nor will they be reprieved.
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21:40Ayah 1112
7 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.
← Previous on Day of Judgment21:39If those who disbelieved but knew the time when they will not avert the Fire from their faces or from their backs and they will not be aided...Next on Day of Judgment →21:47And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all.
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Nay but it the Resurrection shall come upon them suddenly dumbfounding them confusing them and they shall not be able to ward it off nor shall they be granted any respite nor shall they be given any extra time to make a repentance or offer an excuse.
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