إِن كُلٌّ إِلَّا كَذَّبَ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَحَقَّ عِقَابِ ١٤
Each of them denied the messengers, so My penalty was justified.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنNotin
- كُلٌّall (of them)kullun
- إِلَّاbutillā
- كَذَّبَdeniedkadhaba
- ٱلرُّسُلَthe Messengersl-rusula
- فَحَقَّso (was) justfaḥaqqa
- عِقَابِMy penaltyʿiqābi
Tafsir
There is not a single one of these groups except that it denied the messengers. So Allah’s punishment was justified for them and His punishment befell them, even though it was delayed for a while.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran