Quran 21:77 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 77
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and We helped him against the people who rejected Our signs- they were evil people, so We drowned them all.
وَنَصَرْنَاهُ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
wanaṣarnāhu mina l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā innahum kānū qawma sawin fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We helped him against the people who cried lies to Our signs; surely they were an evil people, so We drowned them all together.
- Muhammad Asad
- and [how] We succoured him against the people who had given the lie to Our messages: verily, they were people lost in evil - and [so] We caused them all to drown.
- Sahih International
- And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنَصَرْنَـٰهُwanaṣarnāhu | And We helped him | نصر |
| 2 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 3 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | the people | قوم |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 5 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | denied | كذب |
| 6 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَآ ۚbiāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 7 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were | كون |
| 9 | قَوْمَqawma | a people | قوم |
| 10 | سَوْءٍۢsawin | evil | سوأ |
| 11 | فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhum | so We drowned them | غرق |
| 12 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |