Quran 26:173 — Ash-Shu'araa, verse 173
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and poured a rain of destruction down upon them. How dreadful that rain was for those who had been forewarned!
وَأَمْطَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَطَرًا ۖ فَسَاءَ مَطَرُ الْمُنْذَرِينَ
wa-amṭarnā ʿalayhim maṭaran fasāa maṭaru l-mundharīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and We rained on them a rain; and evil is the rain of them that are warned.
- Muhammad Asad
- and rained down upon them a rain [of destruction]: and dire is such rain upon all who let themselves be warned [to no avail]!
- Sahih International
- And We rained upon them a rain [of stones], and evil was the rain of those who were warned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَمْطَرْنَاwa-amṭarnā | And We rained | مطر |
| 2 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | upon them | — |
| 3 | مَّطَرًۭا ۖmaṭaran | a rain | مطر |
| 4 | فَسَآءَfasāa | and evil was | سوأ |
| 5 | مَطَرُmaṭaru | (was) the rain | مطر |
| 6 | ٱلْمُنذَرِينَl-mundharīna | (on) those who were warned | نذر |