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Ash-Shu'ara 189

Ayah 189 of 227 · Meccan

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمۡ عَذَابُ يَوۡمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوۡمٍ عَظِيمٍ ١٨٩

And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُBut they denied himfakadhabūhu
  2. فَأَخَذَهُمۡso seized themfa-akhadhahum
  3. عَذَابُ(the) punishmentʿadhābu
  4. يَوۡمِ(of the) dayyawmi
  5. ٱلظُّلَّةِۚ(of) the shadowl-ẓulati
  6. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, itinnahu
  7. كَانَwaskāna
  8. عَذَابَ(the) punishmentʿadhāba
  9. يَوۡمٍ(of) a Dayyawmin
  10. عَظِيمٍGreatʿaẓīmin

Tafsir

They continued rejecting him and so a grave punishment afflicted them by way of a cloud appearing after a severely hot day. It rained a fire upon them that burned them. The day they were destroyed was an extremely horrific day.

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