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Ash-Shu'ara 158

Ayah 158 of 227 · Meccan

فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَةٗۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكۡثَرُهُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١٥٨

And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَخَذَهُمُSo seized themfa-akhadhahumu
  2. ٱلۡعَذَابُۚthe punishmentl-ʿadhābu
  3. إِنَّIndeedinna
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  6. لَأٓيَةٗۖsurely is a signlaāyatan
  7. وَمَاbut notwamā
  8. كَانَarekāna
  9. أَكۡثَرُهُمmost of themaktharuhum
  10. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

So the punishment that they were promised seized them: it was an earthquake accompanied by a scream. Indeed, in the aforementioned, i.e. the story of Saleh and his people, is a lesson for those who take heed. Although most of them do not believe; they were rejecters.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran