Quran 16:34 — An-Nahl, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So the evil they had done hit them and they were surrounded by the very thing they had mocked.
فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
fa-aṣābahum sayyiātu mā ʿamilū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So the evil things that they wrought. smote them, and they were encompassed by that they mocked at.
- Muhammad Asad
- for all the evil that they had done fell [back] upon them, and they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahum | Then struck them | صوب |
| 2 | سَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātu | (the) evil (results) | سوأ |
| 3 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 4 | عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilū | they did | عمل |
| 5 | وَحَاقَwaḥāqa | and surrounded | حيق |
| 6 | بِهِمbihim | them | — |
| 7 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | [of it] | — |
| 10 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock | هزأ |