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Al-Mu'minun 41

Ayah 41 of 118 · Meccan

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ بِٱلۡحَقِّ فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ غُثَآءٗۚ فَبُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤١

So the shriek1 seized them in truth,2 and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 11:67.

2 i.e., by right or in justice.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُSo seized themfa-akhadhathumu
  2. ٱلصَّيۡحَةُthe awful cryl-ṣayḥatu
  3. بِٱلۡحَقِّin truthbil-ḥaqi
  4. فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡand We made themfajaʿalnāhum
  5. غُثَآءٗۚ(as) rubbish of dead leavesghuthāan
  6. فَبُعۡدٗاSo awayfabuʿ'dan
  7. لِّلۡقَوۡمِwith the people lil'qawmi
  8. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

So a severe scream, accompanied by a severe wind, took them by surprise, due to their deserving the punishment owing to their stubbornness. I destroyed them, leaving them like the froth of the flood. Woe be to the transgressing nation!

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