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Al-Mu'minun 76

Ayah 76 of 118 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ أَخَذۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ ٧٦

And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd verilywalaqad
  2. أَخَذۡنَٰهُمWe seized themakhadhnāhum
  3. بِٱلۡعَذَابِwith the punishmentbil-ʿadhābi
  4. فَمَاbut notfamā
  5. ٱسۡتَكَانُواْthey submitis'takānū
  6. لِرَبِّهِمۡto their Lordlirabbihim
  7. وَمَاand notwamā
  8. يَتَضَرَّعُونَthey supplicate humblyyataḍarraʿūna

Tafsir

I tested them through different afflictions, but neither did they humble before their Lord or submit to Him nor did they pray to Him submissively so that He lifts the afflictions from them when they befall.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran