Quran 21:41 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
walaqadi us'tuh'zi-a birusulin min qablika faḥāqa bi-alladhīna sakhirū min'hum mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Messengers indeed were mocked at before thee, but those that scoffed at them were encompassed by that they mocked at.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God’s] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدِwalaqadi | And verily | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-a | were mocked | هزأ |
| 3 | بِرُسُلٍۢbirusulin | Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | before you | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 6 | فَحَاقَfaḥāqa | then surrounded | حيق |
| 7 | بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | سَخِرُوا۟sakhirū | mocked | سخر |
| 9 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | from them | — |
| 10 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used | كون |
| 12 | بِهِۦbihi | at it | — |
| 13 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | (to) mock | هزأ |