Quran 16:88 — An-Nahl, verse 88
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Because of the corruption they spread, We shall add torment upon torment for those who disbelieved and barred others from the path of God.
الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَصَدُّوا عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ زِدْنَاهُمْ عَذَابًا فَوْقَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يُفْسِدُونَ
alladhīna kafarū waṣaddū ʿan sabīli l-lahi zid'nāhum ʿadhāban fawqa l-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yuf'sidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those that disbelieve and bar from the way of God -- them We shall give increase of chastisement upon chastisement, for that they were doing corruption.
- Muhammad Asad
- Upon all who were bent on denying the truth and who turned others away from the path of God will We heap suffering upon suffering in return for all the corruption that they wrought:
- Sahih International
- Those who disbelieved and averted [others] from the way of Allāh - We will increase them in punishment over [their] punishment for what corruption they were causing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | And those who | — |
| 2 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 3 | وَصَدُّوا۟waṣaddū | and hindered | صدد |
| 4 | عَنʿan | from | — |
| 5 | سَبِيلِsabīli | (the) way | سبل |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | زِدْنَـٰهُمْzid'nāhum | We will increase them | زيد |
| 8 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | (in) punishment | عذب |
| 9 | فَوْقَfawqa | over | فوق |
| 10 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | punishment | عذب |
| 11 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 12 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 13 | يُفْسِدُونَyuf'sidūna | spread corruption | فسد |