Quran 54:42 — Al-Qamar, verse 42
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They rejected all Our signs so We seized them with all Our might and power.
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ
kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with the seizing of One mighty, omnipotent.
- Muhammad Asad
- they, too, gave the lie to all Our messages: and thereupon We took them to task as only the Almighty, who determines all things, can take to task.
- Sahih International
- They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | They denied | كذب |
| 2 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِنَاbiāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 3 | كُلِّهَاkullihā | all of them | كلل |
| 4 | فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْfa-akhadhnāhum | so We seized them | أخذ |
| 5 | أَخْذَakhdha | (with) a seizure | أخذ |
| 6 | عَزِيزٍۢʿazīzin | (of) All-Mighty | عزز |
| 7 | مُّقْتَدِرٍmuq'tadirin | (the) Powerful One | قدر |