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Ash-Shu'ara 139

Ayah 139 of 227 · Meccan

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٣٩

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُSo they denied himfakadhabūhu
  2. فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمۡۚthen We destroyed themfa-ahlaknāhum
  3. إِنَّIndeedinna
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  6. لَأٓيَةٗۖsurely, is a signlaāyatan
  7. وَمَاbut notwamā
  8. كَانَarekāna
  9. أَكۡثَرُهُمmost of themaktharuhum
  10. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

They continued rejecting their prophet Hud (peace be upon him), so I destroyed them due to their rejection by a barren wind. Indeed, there is a lesson in their destruction for those who take heed. Although most of them do not believe; they were rejecters.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran