Quran 22:44 — Al-Hajj, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Midian. Moses too was called a liar. I gave the disbelievers time, but in the end I punished them. How I condemned them!
وَأَصْحَابُ مَدْيَنَ ۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
wa-aṣḥābu madyana wakudhiba mūsā fa-amlaytu lil'kāfirīna thumma akhadhtuhum fakayfa kāna nakīri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and the men of Midian; to Moses also they cried lies. And I respited the unbelievers, then I seized them; and how was My horror!
- Muhammad Asad
- and the dwellers of Madyan; and [so, too,] Moses was given the lie [by Pharaoh]. And [in every ease] I gave rein, for a while, to the deniers of the truth: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My denial [of them,]!
- Sahih International
- And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَصْحَـٰبُwa-aṣḥābu | And the inhabitants | صحب |
| 2 | مَدْيَنَ ۖmadyana | (of) Madyan | — |
| 3 | وَكُذِّبَwakudhiba | And Musa was denied | كذب |
| 4 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | And Musa was denied | — |
| 5 | فَأَمْلَيْتُfa-amlaytu | so I granted respite | ملو |
| 6 | لِلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | to the disbelievers | كفر |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 8 | أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖakhadhtuhum | I seized them | أخذ |
| 9 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | and how | كيف |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 11 | نَكِيرِnakīri | My punishment | نكر |