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Adh-Dhariyat 40

Ayah 40 of 60 · Meccan

فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ٤٠

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُSo We took himfa-akhadhnāhu
  2. وَجُنُودَهُۥand his hostswajunūdahu
  3. فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُمۡand threw themfanabadhnāhum
  4. فِيintofī
  5. ٱلۡيَمِّthe seal-yami
  6. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  7. مُلِيمٞ(was) blameworthymulīmun

Tafsir

So I seized him and all of his armies, then threw them in the sea, so they were drowned and destroyed. And Pharaoh will be held accountable for his blameworthy actions- denial of the message and his claim of divinity.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran