Worm

Discover the profound verses and divine insights mapped to this theme.

فَلَمَّاقَضَيۡنَاعَلَيۡهِٱلۡمَوۡتَمَادَلَّهُمۡعَلَىٰمَوۡتِهِۦٓإِلَّادَآبَّةُٱلۡأَرۡضِتَأۡكُلُمِنسَأَتَهُۥۖفَلَمَّاخَرَّتَبَيَّنَتِٱلۡجِنُّأَنلَّوۡكَانُواْيَعۡلَمُونَٱلۡغَيۡبَمَالَبِثُواْفِيٱلۡعَذَابِٱلۡمُهِينِ١٤
Saheeh International

And when We decreed for him [i.e., Solomon] death, nothing indicated to them [i.e., the jinn] his death except a creature of the earth eating his staff.1 But when he fell, it became clear to the jinn that if they had known the unseen, they would not have remained in humiliating punishment.2

فَلَمَّاFalamma
قَضَيْنَاqadayna
عَلَيْهِAAalayhi
ٱلْمَوْتَalmawta
مَاma
دَلَّهُمْdallahum
عَلَىٰAAala
مَوْتِهِۦٓmawtihi
إِلَّاilla
دَآبَّةُdabbatu
ٱلْأَرْضِalardi
تَأْكُلُtakulu
مِنسَأَتَهُۥ ۖminsaatahu
فَلَمَّاfalamma
خَرَّkharra
تَبَيَّنَتِtabayyanati
ٱلْجِنُّaljinnu
أَنan
لَّوْlaw
كَانُوا۟kanoo
يَعْلَمُونَyaAAlamoona
ٱلْغَيْبَalghayba
مَاma
لَبِثُوا۟labithoo
فِىfee
ٱلْعَذَابِalAAathabi
ٱلْمُهِينِalmuheeni
يَقُولُونَأَءِنَّالَمَرۡدُودُونَفِيٱلۡحَافِرَةِ١٠
Saheeh International

They are [presently] saying, "Will we indeed be returned to [our] former state [of life]?

يَقُولُونَYaqooloona
أَءِنَّاainna
لَمَرْدُودُونَlamardoodoona
فِىfee
ٱلْحَافِرَةِalhafirati
أَءِذَاكُنَّاعِظَٰمٗانَّخِرَةٗ١١
Saheeh International

Even if we should be decayed bones?"1

أَءِذَاAitha
كُنَّاkunna
عِظَـٰمًۭاAAithaman
نَّخِرَةًۭnakhiratan