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Quran 29:40 — Al-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