سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ
Surah Ghafir (40) — Ayah 5
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ ﴿5﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
The people of Nûh (Noah) and the Confederates after them denied (their Messengers) before these; and every (disbelieving) nation plotted against their Messenger to seize him, and disputed by means of falsehood to refute therewith the truth. So I seized them (with punishment), and how (terrible) was My punishment!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَذَّبَتْ
kadhabat
Denied
قَبْلَهُمْ
qablahum
before them
قَوْمُ
qawmu
(the) people
نُوحٍۢ
nūḥin
(of) Nuh
وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ
wal-aḥzābu
and the factions
مِنۢ
min
after them
بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ
baʿdihim
after them
وَهَمَّتْ
wahammat
and plotted
كُلُّ
kullu
every
أُمَّةٍۭ
ummatin
nation
بِرَسُولِهِمْ
birasūlihim
against their Messenger
لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ
liyakhudhūhu
to seize him
وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟
wajādalū
and they disputed
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
by falsehood
لِيُدْحِضُوا۟
liyud'ḥiḍū
to refute
بِهِ
bihi
thereby
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the truth
فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ
fa-akhadhtuhum
So I seized them
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
Then how
كَانَ
kāna
was
عِقَابِ
ʿiqābi
My penalty
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
5. 1 So that they may imprison him or kill him or punish him.
5. 2 That is, they argued with their messengers, with the intention of finding faults in the truth and weakening it.
5. 3 Thus, I seized these supporters of falsehood with My punishment, so see how My punishment came upon them and how they were wiped out like a wrong letter or made into a sign of warning.
5. 2 That is, they argued with their messengers, with the intention of finding faults in the truth and weakening it.
5. 3 Thus, I seized these supporters of falsehood with My punishment, so see how My punishment came upon them and how they were wiped out like a wrong letter or made into a sign of warning.
