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Al-'Ankabut 39

Ayah 39 of 69 · Meccan

وَقَٰرُونَ وَفِرۡعَوۡنَ وَهَٰمَٰنَۖ وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا كَانُواْ سَٰبِقِينَ ٣٩

And [We destroyed] Qārūn and Pharaoh and Hāmān. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَٰرُونَAnd Qarunwaqārūna
  2. وَفِرۡعَوۡنَand Firaunwafir'ʿawna
  3. وَهَٰمَٰنَۖand Hamanwahāmāna
  4. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  5. جَآءَهُمcame to themjāahum
  6. مُّوسَىٰMusamūsā
  7. بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِwith clear evidencesbil-bayināti
  8. فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْbut they were arrogantfa-is'takbarū
  9. فِيinfī
  10. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  11. وَمَاand notwamā
  12. كَانُواْthey couldkānū
  13. سَٰبِقِينَoutstrip Ussābiqīna

Tafsir

I destroyed Qarun when he oppressed the people of Moses, by sinking him together with his property into the ground. I destroyed Pharaoh and his minister, Haman, by drowning them in the sea. Moses had brought them clear miracles indicating his truthfulness, but they behaved arrogantly in the land of Egypt and were too proud to have faith in him. They could not be saved from My punishment by escaping from Me.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran