Quran 25:40 — Al-Furqaan, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
These disbelievers must have passed by the town that was destroyed by the terrible rain––did they not see it? Yet they do not expect to be raised from the dead.
وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا عَلَى الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ السَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا
walaqad ataw ʿalā l-qaryati allatī um'ṭirat maṭara l-sawi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Surely they have come by the city that was rained on by an evil rain; what, have they not seen it? Nay, but they look for no upraising.
- Muhammad Asad
- And they [who now deny Our messages] must surely have come across that town which was rained upon by a rain of evil: have they, then, never beheld it [with their minds eye]? But nay, they would not believe in resurrection!
- Sahih International
- And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And verily | — |
| 2 | أَتَوْا۟ataw | they have come | أتي |
| 3 | عَلَىʿalā | upon | — |
| 4 | ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryati | the town | قري |
| 5 | ٱلَّتِىٓallatī | which | — |
| 6 | أُمْطِرَتْum'ṭirat | was showered | مطر |
| 7 | مَطَرَmaṭara | (with) a rain | مطر |
| 8 | ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚl-sawi | (of) evil | سوأ |
| 9 | أَفَلَمْafalam | Then do not | — |
| 10 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they [were] | كون |
| 11 | يَرَوْنَهَا ۚyarawnahā | see it | رأي |
| 12 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 13 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they are | كون |
| 14 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 15 | يَرْجُونَyarjūna | expecting | رجو |
| 16 | نُشُورًۭاnushūran | Resurrection | نشر |