ٱلْحَجّ : ٩

  • ثَانِيَ Twisting
  • عِطۡفِهِۦ his neck
  • لِيُضِلَّ to mislead
  • عَن from
  • سَبِيلِ (the) way
  • ٱللَّهِۖ (of) Allah
  • لَهُۥ For him
  • فِي in
  • ٱلدُّنۡيَا the world
  • خِزۡيٞۖ (is) disgrace
  • وَنُذِيقُهُۥ and We will make him taste
  • يَوۡمَ (on the) Day
  • ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ (of) Resurrection
  • عَذَابَ (the) punishment
  • ٱلۡحَرِيقِ (of) the Burning Fire
Twisting his neck [in arrogance] to mislead [people] from the way of Allāh. For him in the world is disgrace, and We will make him taste on the Day of Resurrection the punishment of the Burning Fire [while it is said],
turning aside (thaaniya 'itfihi, a circumstantial qualifier, meaning 'turning his neck aside in disdain of belief; aleetf means 'a side', and can be either the left or the right) to go astray (read li-yadilla; or li-yudilla, 'to lead [others] astray') from the way of God, that is, [from] His religion. For him there will be ignominy, chastisement, in this world - thus he [Aboo Jahl] was slain on the day of Badr - and on the Day of Resurrection We shall make him taste the chastisement of the burning, that is, [the chastisement of] being burnt in the Hellfire, and it shall be said to him: