ٱلْحَجّ : ٧٢

  • وَإِذَا And when
  • تُتۡلَىٰ are recited
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡ to them
  • ءَايَٰتُنَا Our Verses
  • بَيِّنَٰتٖ clear
  • تَعۡرِفُ you will recognize
  • فِي on
  • وُجُوهِ (the) faces
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (of) those who
  • كَفَرُواْ disbelieve
  • ٱلۡمُنكَرَۖ the denial
  • يَكَادُونَ They almost
  • يَسۡطُونَ attack
  • بِٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • يَتۡلُونَ recite
  • عَلَيۡهِمۡ to them
  • ءَايَٰتِنَاۗ Our Verses
  • قُلۡ Say
  • أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم Then shall I inform you
  • بِشَرّٖ of worse
  • مِّن than
  • ذَٰلِكُمُۚ that
  • ٱلنَّارُ The Fire
  • وَعَدَهَا Allah (has) promised it
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah (has) promised it
  • ٱلَّذِينَ (for) those who
  • كَفَرُواْۖ disbelieve
  • وَبِئۡسَ and wretched
  • ٱلۡمَصِيرُ (is) the destination
And when Our verses are recited to them as clear evidences, you recognize in the faces of those who disbelieve disapproval. They are almost on the verge of assaulting those who recite to them Our verses. Say, "Then shall I inform you of [what is] worse than that?1 [It is] the Fire which Allāh has promised those who disbelieve, and wretched is the destination."
Footnotes
1 i.e., worse than the rage you feel against those who recite Allāh's verses or worse than your threats against them.
And when Our signs, in Al-Qur'an, are recited to them, [though they are] clear, manifest, signs (bayyinaatin, a circumstantial qualifier) you perceive on the faces of those who disbelieve denial, that is to say, denial of these [signs], in other words [you perceive] the effect of such [denial] in the way of aversion and frowning. They would almost pounce upon those who recite Our signs to them, that is, [they would almost] fall upon them in assault. Say: 'Shall I inform you about something worse than that?, something more repulsive to you than Al-Qur'an that is being recited to you? It is, The Fire! God has promised it to the disbelievers, in that their journey's end shall be to it. And it is an evil journey's end!'