Quran 15:78 — Al-Hijr, verse 78
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers
وَإِنْ كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْأَيْكَةِ لَظَالِمِينَ
wa-in kāna aṣḥābu l-aykati laẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Certainly the dwellers in the Thicket were evildoers,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THE DWELLERS of the wooded dales [of Madyan, too,] were inveterate evildoers,
- Sahih International
- And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And were | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | And were | كون |
| 3 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (the) companions | صحب |
| 4 | ٱلْأَيْكَةِl-aykati | (of) the wood | — |
| 5 | لَظَـٰلِمِينَlaẓālimīna | surely wrongdoers | ظلم |