Quran 40:5 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Before them the people of Noah rejected the truth and so did those who formed opposition after them: every community schemed to destroy its messenger and strove to refute truth with falsehood; but it was I who destroyed them. How terrible My punishment was!
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَالْأَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ ۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ أُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖ وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ
kadhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wal-aḥzābu min baʿdihim wahammat kullu ummatin birasūlihim liyakhudhūhu wajādalū bil-bāṭili liyud'ḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqa fa-akhadhtuhum fakayfa kāna ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The people of Noah before them also cried lies, and the parties after them; every nation purposed against their Messenger to seize him, and disputed with falsehood that they might rebut thereby the truth. Then I seized them; and how was My retribution!
- Muhammad Asad
- to the truth gave the lie, before their time, the people of Noah and, after them, all those [others] who were leagued together [against God’s message-bearers]; and each of those communities schemed against the apostle sent unto them, aiming to lay hands on him; and they contended [against his message] with fallacious arguments, so as to render void the truth thereby: but then I took them to task - and how awesome was My retribution!
- Sahih International
- The people of Noah denied before them and the [disbelieving] factions after them, and every nation intended [a plot] for their messenger to seize him, and they disputed by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth. So I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَذَّبَتْkadhabat | Denied | كذب |
| 2 | قَبْلَهُمْqablahum | before them | قبل |
| 3 | قَوْمُqawmu | (the) people | قوم |
| 4 | نُوحٍۢnūḥin | (of) Nuh | — |
| 5 | وَٱلْأَحْزَابُwal-aḥzābu | and the factions | حزب |
| 6 | مِنۢmin | after them | — |
| 7 | بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihim | after them | بعد |
| 8 | وَهَمَّتْwahammat | and plotted | همم |
| 9 | كُلُّkullu | every | كلل |
| 10 | أُمَّةٍۭummatin | nation | أمم |
| 11 | بِرَسُولِهِمْbirasūlihim | against their Messenger | رسل |
| 12 | لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖliyakhudhūhu | to seize him | أخذ |
| 13 | وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟wajādalū | and they disputed | جدل |
| 14 | بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭili | by falsehood | بطل |
| 15 | لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍū | to refute | دحض |
| 16 | بِهِbihi | thereby | — |
| 17 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 18 | فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖfa-akhadhtuhum | So I seized them | أخذ |
| 19 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | Then how | كيف |
| 20 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 21 | عِقَابِʿiqābi | My penalty | عقب |