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Al-A'raf 136

Ayah 136 of 206 · Meccan

فَٱنتَقَمۡنَا مِنۡهُمۡ فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُواْ عَنۡهَا غَٰفِلِينَ ١٣٦

So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱنتَقَمۡنَاSo We took retributionfa-intaqamnā
  2. مِنۡهُمۡfrom themmin'hum
  3. فَأَغۡرَقۡنَٰهُمۡand We drowned themfa-aghraqnāhum
  4. فِيinfī
  5. ٱلۡيَمِّthe seal-yami
  6. بِأَنَّهُمۡbecause theybi-annahum
  7. كَذَّبُواْdeniedkadhabū
  8. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَاOur Signsbiāyātinā
  9. وَكَانُواْand they werewakānū
  10. عَنۡهَاto themʿanhā
  11. غَٰفِلِينَheedlessghāfilīna

Tafsir

So when the appointed time came for their destruction, I unleashed My punishment on them and drowned them in the sea because of their rejection of the signs of Allah and because they turned away from the truth about which there was no doubt.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran