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Saba 5

Ayah 5 of 54 · Meccan

وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوۡ فِيٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمۡ عَذَابٞ مِّن رِّجۡزٍ أَلِيمٞ ٥

But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure1 - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., to undermine their credibility in order to defeat the Prophet (ﷺ).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَBut those whowa-alladhīna
  2. سَعَوۡstrivesaʿaw
  3. فِيٓagainstfī
  4. ءَايَٰتِنَاOur Versesāyātinā
  5. مُعَٰجِزِينَ(to) cause failure muʿājizīna
  6. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَthose ulāika
  7. لَهُمۡfor themlahum
  8. عَذَابٞ(is) a punishmentʿadhābun
  9. مِّنofmin
  10. رِّجۡزٍfoul naturerij'zin
  11. أَلِيمٞpainfulalīmun

Tafsir

As for those who strove to falsify all the verses Allah revealed, and said regarding them, “It is sorcery!” and said regarding My Messenger, “He is a fortune-teller, a sorcerer, and a poet”, they will receive the worst and severest punishment on the Day of Judgement.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran