Quran 40:22 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
because messengers repeatedly came to them with clear signs and still they rejected them. God destroyed them: He is truly full of strength, severe in punishment.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانَتْ تَأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَكَفَرُوا فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُ قَوِيٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
dhālika bi-annahum kānat tatīhim rusuluhum bil-bayināti fakafarū fa-akhadhahumu l-lahu innahu qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That was because their Messengers came to them with the clear signs; but they disbelieved, so God seized them. Surely He is All-strong, terrible in retribution.
- Muhammad Asad
- this, because their apostles had come to them with all evidence of the truth, and yet they rejected it: and so God took them to task - for, verily, He is powerful, severe in retribution!
- Sahih International
- That was because their messengers were coming to them with clear proofs, but they disbelieved, so Allāh seized them. Indeed, He is Powerful and severe in punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum | (was) because [they] | — |
| 3 | كَانَتkānat | used to come to them | كون |
| 4 | تَّأْتِيهِمْtatīhim | used to come to them | أتي |
| 5 | رُسُلُهُمrusuluhum | their Messengers | رسل |
| 6 | بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayināti | with clear proofs | بين |
| 7 | فَكَفَرُوا۟fakafarū | but they disbelieved | كفر |
| 8 | فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumu | So Allah seized them | أخذ |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | So Allah seized them | أله |
| 10 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 11 | قَوِىٌّۭqawiyyun | (is) All-Strong | قوي |
| 12 | شَدِيدُshadīdu | severe | شدد |
| 13 | ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi | (in) punishment | عقب |