Quran 40:83 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When messengers came to them with clear signs, they revelled in the knowledge they had, and so they were engulfed by the very punishment they mocked:
فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
falammā jāathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti fariḥū bimā ʿindahum mina l-ʿil'mi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when their Messengers brought them the clear signs, they rejoiced in what knowledge they had, and were encompassed by that they mocked at.
- Muhammad Asad
- for when their apostles came to them with all evidence of the truth, they arrogantly exulted in whatever knowledge they [already] possessed: and [so, in the end,] they were overwhelmed by the very thing which they were wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّاfalammā | Then when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَتْهُمْjāathum | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | رُسُلُهُمrusuluhum | their Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayināti | with clear proofs | بين |
| 5 | فَرِحُوا۟fariḥū | they rejoiced | فرح |
| 6 | بِمَاbimā | in what | — |
| 7 | عِندَهُمʿindahum | they had | عند |
| 8 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 9 | ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mi | the knowledge | علم |
| 10 | وَحَاقَwaḥāqa | and enveloped | حيق |
| 11 | بِهِمbihim | them | — |
| 12 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 13 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 14 | بِهِۦbihi | [at it] | — |
| 15 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock | هزأ |