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Quran 29:40Al-Ankaboot, verse 40

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

and We punished each one of them for their sins: some We struck with a violent storm; some were overcome by a sudden blast; some We made the earth swallow; and some We drowned. It was not God who wronged them; they wronged themselves.

فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbihi famin'hum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wamin'hum man akhadhathu l-ṣayḥatu wamin'hum man khasafnā bihi l-arḍa wamin'hum man aghraqnā wamā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-Ankaboot verse 40
#WordMeaningRoot
1فَكُلًّاfakullanSo eachكلل
2أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe seizedأخذ
3بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖbidhanbihifor his sinذنب
4فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them
5مَّنْman(was he) who
6أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sentرسل
7عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
8حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana violent stormحصب
9وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
10مَّنْman(was he) who
11أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathuseized himأخذ
12ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cryصيح
13وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
14مَّنْman(was he) who
15خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāWe caused to swallowخسف
16بِهِbihihim
17ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earthأرض
18وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
19مَّنْman(was he) who
20أَغْرَقْنَا ۚaghraqnāWe drownedغرق
21وَمَاwamāAnd not
22كَانَkānawasكون
23ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllahأله
24لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong themظلم
25وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
26كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey wereكون
27أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselvesنفس
28يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrongظلم