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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 11
كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ ﴿11﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Like the behaviour of the people of Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and those before them; they belied Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.). So Allâh seized (destroyed) them for their sins. And Allâh is Severe in punishment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
كَدَأْبِ
kadabi
Like behavior
ءَالِ
āli
(of the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ
fir'ʿawna
(of) Firaun
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
مِن
min
(were) from
قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ
qablihim
before them
كَذَّبُوا۟
kadhabū
They denied
بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا
biāyātinā
Our Signs
فَأَخَذَهُمُ
fa-akhadhahumu
so seized them
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ
bidhunūbihim
for their sins
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِ
l-ʿiqābi
(in) [the] punishment
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11. Their case is like that of the people of Pharaoh and those before them. They denied Our signs, so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in punishment.
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Prophecy Regarding the Disbelievers:
In these two verses, Allah Almighty has warned all disbelievers—whether they were the polytheists, the Jews of Madinah, the hypocrites and polytheists of Madinah, or the Christians who had taken a stand against Islam—that they should desist from enmity towards Islam, otherwise, just as the people of Pharaoh and the nations of ‘Ad, Thamud, etc., were destroyed, the same fate awaits them. Allah Almighty seized them as a consequence of their disbelief and sins, and He will seize you as well, for Allah leaves nothing lacking in punishing those who are hostile to His Muslim servants.
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Prophecy Regarding the Disbelievers:
In these two verses, Allah Almighty has warned all disbelievers—whether they were the polytheists, the Jews of Madinah, the hypocrites and polytheists of Madinah, or the Christians who had taken a stand against Islam—that they should desist from enmity towards Islam, otherwise, just as the people of Pharaoh and the nations of ‘Ad, Thamud, etc., were destroyed, the same fate awaits them. Allah Almighty seized them as a consequence of their disbelief and sins, and He will seize you as well, for Allah leaves nothing lacking in punishing those who are hostile to His Muslim servants.
