Surah Al-Mu'minun, ayah 76
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
Al-Mu'minun · 23:76
Word by word
- وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
- أَخَذْنَـٰهُمakhadhnāhumWe seized them
- بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiwith the punishment
- فَمَاfamābut not
- ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟is'takānūthey submit
- لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihimto their Lord
- وَمَاwamāand not
- يَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūnathey supplicate humbly
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