Quran 41:13 — Fussilat, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they turn away, say, ‘I have warned you about a blast like the one which struck 'Ad and Thamud:
فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ
fa-in aʿraḍū faqul andhartukum ṣāʿiqatan mith'la ṣāʿiqati ʿādin wathamūda
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We adorned the lower heaven with lamps, and to reserve; that is the ordaining of the All-mighty, the All-knowing. But if they turn away, then say, 'I warn you of a thunderbolt like to the thunderbolt of Ad and Thamood.'
- Muhammad Asad
- BUT IF they turn away, say: “I warn you of [the coming of] a thunderbolt of punishment like the thunderbolt [that fell upon the tribes] of Ad and Thamud!”
- Sahih International
- But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] ʿAad and Thamūd.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنْfa-in | But if | — |
| 2 | أَعْرَضُوا۟aʿraḍū | they turn away | عرض |
| 3 | فَقُلْfaqul | then say | قول |
| 4 | أَنذَرْتُكُمْandhartukum | I have warned you | نذر |
| 5 | صَـٰعِقَةًۭṣāʿiqatan | (of) a thunderbolt | صعق |
| 6 | مِّثْلَmith'la | like | مثل |
| 7 | صَـٰعِقَةِṣāʿiqati | (the) thunderbolt | صعق |
| 8 | عَادٍۢʿādin | (of) Aad | عود |
| 9 | وَثَمُودَwathamūda | and Thamud | — |