Quran 54:37 — Al-Qamar, verse 37
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
they even demanded his guests from him- so We sealed their eyes- ‘ Taste My [terrible] punishment and [the fulfilment of] My warnings!’-
وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَنْ ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
walaqad rāwadūhu ʿan ḍayfihi faṭamasnā aʿyunahum fadhūqū ʿadhābī wanudhuri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Even his guests they had solicited of him; so We obliterated their eyes, saying, 'Taste now My chastisement and My warnings!'
- Muhammad Asad
- and even demanded that he give up his guests [to them]: whereupon We deprived them of their sight [and thus told them, as it were]: “Taste, then, the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!”
- Sahih International
- And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | رَٰوَدُوهُrāwadūhu | they demanded from him | رود |
| 3 | عَنʿan | they demanded from him | — |
| 4 | ضَيْفِهِۦḍayfihi | his guests | ضيف |
| 5 | فَطَمَسْنَآfaṭamasnā | so We blinded | طمس |
| 6 | أَعْيُنَهُمْaʿyunahum | their eyes | عين |
| 7 | فَذُوقُوا۟fadhūqū | So taste | ذوق |
| 8 | عَذَابِىʿadhābī | My punishment | عذب |
| 9 | وَنُذُرِwanudhuri | and My warnings | نذر |