Surah Ghafir, ayah 5
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍۭ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟ بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا۟ بِهِ ٱلْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ
The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
Ghafir · 40:5
Word by word
- كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
- قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
- قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
- نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
- وَٱلْأَحْزَابُwal-aḥzābuand the factions
- مِنۢminafter them
- بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihimafter them
- وَهَمَّتْwahammatand plotted
- كُلُّkulluevery
- أُمَّةٍۭummatinnation
- بِرَسُولِهِمْbirasūlihimagainst their Messenger
- لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖliyakhudhūhuto seize him
- وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟wajādalūand they disputed
- بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliby falsehood
- لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūto refute
- بِهِbihithereby
- ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
- فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖfa-akhadhtuhumSo I seized them
- فَكَيْفَfakayfaThen how
- كَانَkānawas
- عِقَابِʿiqābiMy penalty
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