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Saba 45

Ayah 45 of 54 · Meccan

وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡ وَمَا بَلَغُواْ مِعۡشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡ فَكَذَّبُواْ رُسُلِيۖ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ ٤٥

And those before them denied, and they [i.e., the people of Makkah] have not attained a tenth of what We had given them. But they [i.e., the former peoples] denied My messengers, so how [terrible] was My reproach.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكَذَّبَAnd deniedwakadhaba
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. مِن(were) before themmin
  4. قَبۡلِهِمۡ(were) before themqablihim
  5. وَمَاand notwamā
  6. بَلَغُواْthey have attainedbalaghū
  7. مِعۡشَارَa tenthmiʿ'shāra
  8. مَآ(of) whatmā
  9. ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمۡWe (had) given themātaynāhum
  10. فَكَذَّبُواْBut they deniedfakadhabū
  11. رُسُلِيۖMy Messengersrusulī
  12. فَكَيۡفَso howfakayfa
  13. كَانَwaskāna
  14. نَكِيرِMy rejectionnakīri

Tafsir

And the previous nations such as Aad, Thamud and the people of Lot denied. And the idolaters from your people have not reached even a tenth of the strength, might and numbers the previous nations reached. Every one of them denied their Messenger, so the wealth, strength and numbers they were given did not benefit, and so My punishment befell them. So see the outcome of My reproachment and that of My punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran