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Hud 102

Ayah 102 of 123 · Meccan

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخۡذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلۡقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَٰلِمَةٌۚ إِنَّ أَخۡذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٞ شَدِيدٌ ١٠٢

And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the cities while they are committing wrong. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
  2. أَخۡذُ(is) the seizure (of) your Lordakhdhu
  3. رَبِّكَ(is) the seizure (of) your Lordrabbika
  4. إِذَآwhenidhā
  5. أَخَذَHe seizesakhadha
  6. ٱلۡقُرَىٰthe citiesl-qurā
  7. وَهِيَwhile theywahiya
  8. ظَٰلِمَةٌۚ(are) doing wrongẓālimatun
  9. إِنَّIndeedinna
  10. أَخۡذَهُۥٓHis seizureakhdhahu
  11. أَلِيمٞ(is) painfulalīmun
  12. شَدِيدٌ(and) severeshadīdun

Tafsir

Such is the grip and annihilation with which Allah seizes the towns that deny, in every time and place. His grip of such disobedient towns is a painful and strong one.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran