سُوْرَةُ الْعَنْكَبُوْتِ
Surah Al-Ankaboot (29) — Ayah 40
فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So We punished each (of them) for his sins; of them were some on whom We sent Hâsib (a violent wind with shower of stones) [as on the people of Lût (Lot)], and of them were some who were overtaken by As-Saihah [torment - awful cry. (as Thamûd or Shu‘aib’s people)], and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow [as Qârûn (Korah)], and of them were some whom We drowned [as the people of Nûh (Noah), or Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his people]. It was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَكُلًّا
fakullan
So each
أَخَذْنَا
akhadhnā
We seized
بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ
bidhanbihi
for his sin
فَمِنْهُم
famin'hum
Then of them
مَّنْ
man
(was he) who
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalnā
We sent
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
on him
حَاصِبًۭا
ḥāṣiban
a violent storm
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
and of them
مَّنْ
man
(was he) who
أَخَذَتْهُ
akhadhathu
seized him
ٱلصَّيْحَةُ
l-ṣayḥatu
the awful cry
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
and of them
مَّنْ
man
(was he) who
خَسَفْنَا
khasafnā
We caused to swallow
بِهِ
bihi
him
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
وَمِنْهُم
wamin'hum
and of them
مَّنْ
man
(was he) who
أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ
aghraqnā
We drowned
وَمَا
wamā
And not
كَانَ
kāna
was
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ
liyaẓlimahum
to wrong them
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
كَانُوٓا۟
kānū
they were
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
يَظْلِمُونَ
yaẓlimūna
doing wrong
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40. So We seized each one of them for their sins. Among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones [61], and among them were those who were overtaken by a mighty blast [62], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow [63], and among them were those whom We drowned [64]. Allah was not unjust to them, but they were wronging themselves [65].
[61] That is, each nation was punished according to its crime and was wiped off the face of the earth, and the land was cleansed of these people. Among them, the punishment of a rain of stones came only upon the people of Lot. And the punishment that came upon the people of ‘Ad was in the form of a fierce wind, in which there were also small stones and pebbles mixed in.
[62] The same punishment came upon the people of Thamud (the people of Prophet Salih ؑ) and the people of Madyan (the people of Prophet Shu‘ayb ؑ).
[63] That is, Qarun and his servants, along with all his treasures, the story of which has already been mentioned in detail in Surah Qasas.
[64] That is, the people of Noah and Pharaoh and the people of Pharaoh.
[65] To all these nations, We sent prophets so that they might inform them of their misguidance. But these people declared the prophets to be liars and became even more obstinate in their misguidance. Instead of obeying Allah, they became enemies of the prophets and began to inflict all kinds of hardships upon them. Then, when the proof was fully established from Our side, at that time We destroyed them, and they themselves were responsible for their destruction, not Us.
[61] That is, each nation was punished according to its crime and was wiped off the face of the earth, and the land was cleansed of these people. Among them, the punishment of a rain of stones came only upon the people of Lot. And the punishment that came upon the people of ‘Ad was in the form of a fierce wind, in which there were also small stones and pebbles mixed in.
[62] The same punishment came upon the people of Thamud (the people of Prophet Salih ؑ) and the people of Madyan (the people of Prophet Shu‘ayb ؑ).
[63] That is, Qarun and his servants, along with all his treasures, the story of which has already been mentioned in detail in Surah Qasas.
[64] That is, the people of Noah and Pharaoh and the people of Pharaoh.
[65] To all these nations, We sent prophets so that they might inform them of their misguidance. But these people declared the prophets to be liars and became even more obstinate in their misguidance. Instead of obeying Allah, they became enemies of the prophets and began to inflict all kinds of hardships upon them. Then, when the proof was fully established from Our side, at that time We destroyed them, and they themselves were responsible for their destruction, not Us.
