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Al-Anfal 54

Ayah 54 of 75 · Medinan

كَدَأۡبِ ءَالِ فِرۡعَوۡنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمۡ فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُم بِذُنُوبِهِمۡ وَأَغۡرَقۡنَآ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ وَكُلّٞ كَانُواْ ظَٰلِمِينَ ٥٤

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They denied the signs of their Lord, so We destroyed them for their sins, and We drowned the people of Pharaoh. And all [of them] were wrongdoers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كَدَأۡبِLike (the) waykadabi
  2. ءَالِ(of) peopleāli
  3. فِرۡعَوۡنَ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  4. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  5. مِن(were) frommin
  6. قَبۡلِهِمۡۚbefore themqablihim
  7. كَذَّبُواْThey deniedkadhabū
  8. بِـَٔايَٰتِ(the) Signsbiāyāti
  9. رَبِّهِمۡ(of) their Lordrabbihim
  10. فَأَهۡلَكۡنَٰهُمso We destroyed themfa-ahlaknāhum
  11. بِذُنُوبِهِمۡfor their sinsbidhunūbihim
  12. وَأَغۡرَقۡنَآand We drownedwa-aghraqnā
  13. ءَالَ(the) peopleāla
  14. فِرۡعَوۡنَۚ(of) Firaunfir'ʿawna
  15. وَكُلّٞand (they) allwakullun
  16. كَانُواْwerekānū
  17. ظَٰلِمِينَwrongdoersẓālimīna

Tafsir

The case of these disbelievers is like that of others who disbelieved in Allah, such as the people of Pharaoh and the communities who rejected Allah before them. They rejected the verses of their Lord so Allah destroyed them because of the sins they committed. Allah destroyed the people of Pharaoh by causing them to drown in the sea. The people of Pharaoh, as well as the communities before them, were all disobedient because of their disbelief in Allah and their association of partners with Him. They therefore deserved the punishment Allah imposed on them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran