كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزٖ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ٤٢
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- كَذَّبُواْThey deniedkadhabū
- بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاOur Signsbiāyātinā
- كُلِّهَاall of themkullihā
- فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡso We seized themfa-akhadhnāhum
- أَخۡذَ(with) a seizureakhdha
- عَزِيزٖ(of) All-Mightyʿazīzin
- مُّقۡتَدِرٍ(the) Powerful Onemuq'tadirin
Tafsir
They denied the proof and evidence that came to them from Me, so I punished them for their denial thereof with the punishment of a Mighty One whom none can overpower, a Powerful One who is not unable to do anything.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran