Quran 16:113 — An-Nahl, verse 113
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
A messenger who was one of them came to them, but they called him a liar. So punishment overwhelmed them in the midst of their evildoing.
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
walaqad jāahum rasūlun min'hum fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu wahum ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There came indeed to them a Messenger from amongst them, but they cried him lies; so they were seized by the chastisement while they were evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And indeed, there had come unto them an apostle from among themselves -but they gave him the lie; and therefore suffering overwhelmed them while they were thus doing wrong [to themselves].
- Sahih International
- And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | جَآءَهُمْjāahum | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | رَسُولٌۭrasūlun | a Messenger | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | from among them | — |
| 5 | فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhu | but they denied him | كذب |
| 6 | فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumu | so seized them | أخذ |
| 7 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 8 | وَهُمْwahum | while they | — |
| 9 | ظَـٰلِمُونَẓālimūna | (were) wrongdoers | ظلم |