Quran 28:81 — Al-Qasas, verse 81
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We caused the earth to swallow him and his home: he had no one to help him against God, nor could he defend himself.
فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِ وَبِدَارِهِ الْأَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُ مِنْ فِئَةٍ يَنْصُرُونَهُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُنْتَصِرِينَ
fakhasafnā bihi wabidārihi l-arḍa famā kāna lahu min fi-atin yanṣurūnahu min dūni l-lahi wamā kāna mina l-muntaṣirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So We made the earth to swallow him and his dwelling and there was no host to help him, apart from God, and he was helpless;
- Muhammad Asad
- And thereupon We caused the earth to swallow him and his dwelling; and he had none and nothing to succour him against God, nor was he of those who could succour themselves.
- Sahih International
- And We caused the earth to swallow him and his home. And there was for him no company to aid him other than Allāh, nor was he of those who [could] defend themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَخَسَفْنَاfakhasafnā | Then We caused to swallow up | خسف |
| 2 | بِهِۦbihi | him | — |
| 3 | وَبِدَارِهِwabidārihi | and his home | دور |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 5 | فَمَاfamā | Then not | — |
| 6 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 7 | لَهُۥlahu | for him | — |
| 8 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 9 | فِئَةٍۢfi-atin | group | فأي |
| 10 | يَنصُرُونَهُۥyanṣurūnahu | (to) help him | نصر |
| 11 | مِنmin | besides | — |
| 12 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 15 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 16 | مِنَmina | (he) of | — |
| 17 | ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَl-muntaṣirīna | those who (could) defend themselves | نصر |