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Al-Qasas 40

Ayah 40 of 88 · Meccan

فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّۖ فَٱنظُرۡ كَيۡفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٠

So We took him and his soldiers and threw them into the sea.1 So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) caused them to leave all their worldly wealth behind and enter the sea in pursuit of the Children of Israel. See 26:52-66.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُSo We seized himfa-akhadhnāhu
  2. وَجُنُودَهُۥand his hostswajunūdahu
  3. فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡand We threw themfanabadhnāhum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡيَمِّۖthe seal-yami
  6. فَٱنظُرۡSo seefa-unẓur
  7. كَيۡفَhowkayfa
  8. كَانَwaskāna
  9. عَٰقِبَةُ(the) endʿāqibatu
  10. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ(of) the wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

So I seized him and his armies, and threw them into the sea, destroying them by drowning them all. O Messenger! Ponder over what the outcome and ending of the oppressors was: it was destruction.

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