Quran 43:55 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 55
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they provoked Us, We punished and drowned them all:
فَلَمَّا آسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
falammā āsafūnā intaqamnā min'hum fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So, when they had angered Us, We took vengeance on them, and We drowned them all together;
- Muhammad Asad
- But when they continued to challenge Us, We inflicted Our retribution on them, and drowned them all:
- Sahih International
- And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَمَّآfalammā | So when | — |
| 2 | ءَاسَفُونَاāsafūnā | they angered Us | أسف |
| 3 | ٱنتَقَمْنَاintaqamnā | We took retribution | نقم |
| 4 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 5 | فَأَغْرَقْنَـٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhum | and We drowned them | غرق |
| 6 | أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīna | all | جمع |