Quran 59:15 — Al-Hashr, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Like those who went just before them, they have tasted the result of their conduct and a painful punishment awaits them.
كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ۖ ذَاقُوا وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
kamathali alladhīna min qablihim qarīban dhāqū wabāla amrihim walahum ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Like those who a short time before them tasted the mischief of their action; there awaits them a painful chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- [To both kinds of your enemies, O believers, is bound to happen] the like of [what happened to] those who, a short while before them, had to taste the evil that came from their own doings, with [yet more] grievous suffering awaiting them [in the life to come]:
- Sahih International
- [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَمَثَلِkamathali | Like (the) example | مثل |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those | — |
| 3 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 4 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 5 | قَرِيبًۭا ۖqarīban | shortly | قرب |
| 6 | ذَاقُوا۟dhāqū | they tasted | ذوق |
| 7 | وَبَالَwabāla | (the) evil result | وبل |
| 8 | أَمْرِهِمْamrihim | (of) their affair | أمر |
| 9 | وَلَهُمْwalahum | and for them | — |
| 10 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 11 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |