Quran 13:32 — Ar-Ra'd, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Many messengers before you [Muhammad] were mocked, but I granted respite to the disbelievers: in the end, I took them to task- how terrible My punishment was!
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ
walaqadi us'tuh'zi-a birusulin min qablika fa-amlaytu lilladhīna kafarū thumma akhadhtuhum fakayfa kāna ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Messengers indeed were scoffed at before thee, and I respited the unbelievers; then I seized them -- and how was my retribution?
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [even] before thy time have [God's] apostles been derided, and for a while I gave rein to those who were [thus] bent on denying the truth: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My retribution!
- Sahih International
- And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدِwalaqadi | And certainly | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-a | were mocked | هزأ |
| 3 | بِرُسُلٍۢbirusulin | Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 6 | فَأَمْلَيْتُfa-amlaytu | but I granted respite | ملو |
| 7 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 8 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 10 | أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖakhadhtuhum | I seized them | أخذ |
| 11 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | and how | كيف |
| 12 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 13 | عِقَابِʿiqābi | My penalty | عقب |