Quran 23:76 — Al-Muminoon, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have already afflicted them, yet they did not submit to their Lord: they will not humble themselves
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
walaqad akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi famā is'takānū lirabbihim wamā yataḍarraʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We already seized them with the chastisement, yet they abased not themselves to their Lord nor were they humble;
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, We tested them through suffering, but they did not abase themselves before their Sustainer; and they will never humble themselves
- Sahih International
- And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | أَخَذْنَـٰهُمakhadhnāhum | We seized them | أخذ |
| 3 | بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābi | with the punishment | عذب |
| 4 | فَمَاfamā | but not | — |
| 5 | ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟is'takānū | they submit | كين |
| 6 | لِرَبِّهِمْlirabbihim | to their Lord | ربب |
| 7 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | يَتَضَرَّعُونَyataḍarraʿūna | they supplicate humbly | ضرع |