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Quran 16:34

Surah An-Nahl, Verse 34

Juz 14 · Page 270 · Ruku 227 · Meccan

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Word by word

فَأَصَابَهُمْ fa-aṣābahum Then struck them سَيِّـَٔاتُ sayyiātu (the) evil (results) مَا mā (of) what عَمِلُوا۟ ʿamilū they did وَحَاقَ waḥāqa and surrounded بِهِم bihim them مَّا mā what كَانُوا۟ kānū they used (to) بِهِۦ bihi [of it] يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ yastahziūna mock

Transliteration

Faasabahum sayyi-atu maAAamiloo wahaqa bihim ma kanoo bihiyastahzi-oon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

So that the evils of what they did smote them, and that which they used to mock surrounded them.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very (Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

فلهذا أصابتهم عقوبة الله على ذلك ، ( وحاق بهم ) أي : أحاط بهم من العذاب الأليم ( ما كانوا به يستهزئون ) أي : يسخرون من الرسل إذا توعدوهم بعقاب الله ; فلهذا يقال يوم القيامة : ( هذه النار التي كنتم بها تكذبون ) [ الطور : 14 ] .

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.