Surah Fussilat, ayah 15
فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً ۖ أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۖ وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ
As for ʿAad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allāh who created them was greater than them in strength? But they were rejecting Our signs.
Fussilat · 41:15
Word by word
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
- عَادٌۭʿādunAad
- فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūthey were arrogant
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
- بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
- ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi[the] right
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūand they said
- مَنْmanWho
- أَشَدُّashaddu(is) mightier
- مِنَّاminnāthan us
- قُوَّةً ۖquwwatan(in) strength
- أَوَلَمْawalamDo not
- يَرَوْا۟yarawthey see
- أَنَّannathat
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
- خَلَقَهُمْkhalaqahumcreated them
- هُوَhuwaHe
- أَشَدُّashaddu(is) Mightier
- مِنْهُمْmin'humthan them
- قُوَّةًۭ ۖquwwatan(in) strength
- وَكَانُوا۟wakānūBut they used to
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātināin Our Signs
- يَجْحَدُونَyajḥadūnadeny
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