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Al-Anfal 32

Ayah 32 of 75 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ قَالُواْ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلۡحَقَّ مِنۡ عِندِكَ فَأَمۡطِرۡ عَلَيۡنَا حِجَارَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئۡتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٖ ٣٢

And [remember] when they said, "O Allāh, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  3. ٱللَّهُمَّO Allahl-lahuma
  4. إِنIfin
  5. كَانَwaskāna
  6. هَٰذَاthishādhā
  7. هُوَ[it]huwa
  8. ٱلۡحَقَّthe truthl-ḥaqa
  9. مِنۡ[of]min
  10. عِندِكَfrom Youʿindika
  11. فَأَمۡطِرۡthen (send) rainfa-amṭir
  12. عَلَيۡنَاupon usʿalaynā
  13. حِجَارَةٗ(of) stonesḥijāratan
  14. مِّنَfrommina
  15. ٱلسَّمَآءِthe skyl-samāi
  16. أَوِorawi
  17. ٱئۡتِنَاbring (upon) usi'tinā
  18. بِعَذَابٍa punishmentbiʿadhābin
  19. أَلِيمٖpainfulalīmin

Tafsir

Remember when the idolaters said to Allah that if what Muhammad brought was true, then He should rain rocks down from the sky to destroy them, or bring them a painful punishment. They said this going to extremes in their denial and rejection.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran