Quran 23:41 — Al-Muminoon, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The blast justly struck them and We swept them away like scum. Away with the evildoers!
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ الصَّيْحَةُ بِالْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ غُثَاءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the Cry seized them justly, and We made them as scum; so away with the people of the evildoers!
- Muhammad Asad
- And then the blast [of Our punishment] overtook them, justly and unavoidably, and We caused them to become as the flotsam of dead leaves and the scum borne on the surface of a torrent: and so - away with those evildoing folk!
- Sahih International
- So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumu | So seized them | أخذ |
| 2 | ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatu | the awful cry | صيح |
| 3 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | in truth | حقق |
| 4 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhum | and We made them | جعل |
| 5 | غُثَآءًۭ ۚghuthāan | (as) rubbish of dead leaves | غثو |
| 6 | فَبُعْدًۭاfabuʿ'dan | So away | بعد |
| 7 | لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmi | with the people | قوم |
| 8 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |