Quran 21:9 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We fulfilled Our promise to them in the end: We saved them and those We wished to save, and We destroyed those who exceeded all bounds.
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَاهُمُ الْوَعْدَ فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُمْ وَمَنْ نَشَاءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا الْمُسْرِفِينَ
thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa-anjaynāhum waman nashāu wa-ahlaknā l-mus'rifīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- then We made true the promise We gave them and We delivered them, and whomsoever We would; and We destroyed the prodigal.
- Muhammad Asad
- In the end, We made good unto them Our promise, and We saved them and all whom We willed [to save], and We destroyed those who had wasted their own selves.
- Sahih International
- Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | صَدَقْنَـٰهُمُṣadaqnāhumu | We fulfilled (for) them | صدق |
| 3 | ٱلْوَعْدَl-waʿda | the promise | وعد |
| 4 | فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُمْfa-anjaynāhum | and We saved them | نجو |
| 5 | وَمَنwaman | and whom | — |
| 6 | نَّشَآءُnashāu | We willed | شيأ |
| 7 | وَأَهْلَكْنَاwa-ahlaknā | and We destroyed | هلك |
| 8 | ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīna | the transgressors | سرف |