Surah An-Nahl, ayah 26
قَدْ مَكَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَى ٱللَّهُ بُنْيَـٰنَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْقَوَاعِدِ فَخَرَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّقْفُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
Those before them had already plotted, but Allāh came at [i.e., uprooted] their building from the foundations, so the roof fell upon them from above them, and the punishment came to them from where they did not perceive.
An-Nahl · 16:26
Word by word
- قَدْqadVerily
- مَكَرَmakaraplotted
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- مِنmin(were) before them
- قَبْلِهِمْqablihim(were) before them
- فَأَتَىfa-atābut Allah came
- ٱللَّهُl-lahubut Allah came
- بُنْيَـٰنَهُمbun'yānahum(at) their building
- مِّنَminafrom
- ٱلْقَوَاعِدِl-qawāʿidithe foundations
- فَخَرَّfakharraso fell
- عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
- ٱلسَّقْفُl-saqfuthe roof
- مِنminfrom
- فَوْقِهِمْfawqihimabove them
- وَأَتَىٰهُمُwa-atāhumuand came to them
- ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
- مِنْminfrom
- حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
- لَاlāthey (did) not perceive
- يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey (did) not perceive
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