On that Day when the Hour will come to pass,1 the criminals shall be dumbfounded.2
Footnotes
[1]
“The Hour”: the Hour of returning to Allah and appearing before Him.
[2]
The word ubliso in the text means to be dumbfounded on account of a sudden shock and despair, to be confounded on finding oneself in a hopeless situation, to stand aghast on finding no means of help and support. When this word is used for a culprit, it depicts a person who is caught red handed, who then finds no way to escape, nor expects to save himself by offering a plea in self defense; therefore, he stands dumb and dejected and depressed.
[3]
A grammatical shift from plural to singular.
[4]
Each portion of the Qur’an is called a ‘surah’, which is sometimes translated as ‘chapter’.