فَمَا زَالَت تِّلۡكَ دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ ١٥
And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَمَاThen notfamā
- زَالَتceasedzālat
- تِّلۡكَ[this]til'ka
- دَعۡوَىٰهُمۡtheir crydaʿwāhum
- حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
- جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡWe made themjaʿalnāhum
- حَصِيدًاreapedḥaṣīdan
- خَٰمِدِينَextinctkhāmidīna
Tafsir
So they continued confessing to their sins and praying for their own destruction until I made them like harvested crops, dead without any movement.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran