Quran 51:41 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 41
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is another sign in the Ad: We sent the life-destroying wind against them
وَفِي عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ الرِّيحَ الْعَقِيمَ
wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And also in Ad, when We loosed against them the withering wind
- Muhammad Asad
- And [you have the same message] in [what happened to the tribe of] Ad, when We let loose against them that life-destroying wind
- Sahih International
- And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَفِىwafī | And in | — |
| 2 | عَادٍʿādin | Aad | عود |
| 3 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 4 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | against them | — |
| 6 | ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥa | the wind | روح |
| 7 | ٱلْعَقِيمَl-ʿaqīma | the barren | عقم |