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Quran 40:22

Surah Al-Ghaafir, Verse 22

Juz 24 · Page 469 · Ruku 406 · Meccan

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَكَفَرُوا۟ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّهُۥ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

Word by word

ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That بِأَنَّهُمْ bi-annahum (was) because [they] كَانَت kānat used to come to them تَّأْتِيهِمْ tatīhim used to come to them رُسُلُهُم rusuluhum their Messengers بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ bil-bayināti with clear proofs فَكَفَرُوا۟ fakafarū but they disbelieved فَأَخَذَهُمُ fa-akhadhahumu So Allah seized them ٱللَّهُ ۚ l-lahu So Allah seized them إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, He قَوِىٌّۭ qawiyyun (is) All-Strong شَدِيدُ shadīdu severe ٱلْعِقَابِ l-ʿiqābi (in) punishment

Transliteration

Thalika bi-annahum kanatta/teehim rusuluhum bilbayyinati fakafaroo faakhathahumuAllahu innahu qawiyyun shadeedu alAAiqab

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

That was because their messengers kept bringing them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) but they disbelieved; so Allah seized them. Lo! He is Strong, severe in punishment.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

That was because there came to them their messengers with Clear (Signs), but they rejected them: So Allah called them to account: for He is Full of Strength, Strict in Punishment.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم ذكر علة أخذه إياهم وذنوبهم التي ارتكبوها واجترموها ، فقال : ( ذلك بأنهم كانت تأتيهم رسلهم بالبينات ) أي : بالدلائل الواضحات والبراهين القاطعات ، ( فكفروا ) أي : مع هذا البيان والبرهان كفروا وجحدوا ، ( فأخذهم الله ) أي : أهلكهم ودمر عليهم وللكافرين أمثالها ، ( إنه قوي شديد العقاب ) أي : ذو قوة عظيمة وبطش شديد ، وهو ( شديد العقاب ) أي : عقابه أليم شديد وجيع . أعاذنا الله منه .

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.