فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرۡنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَ ٥٧
So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُSo We saved himfa-anjaynāhu
- وَأَهۡلَهُۥٓand his familywa-ahlahu
- إِلَّاexceptillā
- ٱمۡرَأَتَهُۥhis wifeim'ra-atahu
- قَدَّرۡنَٰهَاWe destined herqaddarnāhā
- مِنَ(to be) ofmina
- ٱلۡغَٰبِرِينَthose who remained behindl-ghābirīna
Tafsir
So we saved him and his family, except for his wife, who was decreed to be from those who remained behind for the punishment, so she may be from those who were destroyed.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran