Quran 6:10 — Al-An'aam, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Messengers have been mocked before you [Muhammad], and those who mocked them were engulfed by the very punishment they had mocked.
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
walaqadi us'tuh'zi-a birusulin min qablika faḥāqa bi-alladhīna sakhirū min'hum mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Messengers indeed were mocked at before thee; but those that scoffed at them were encompassed by that they mocked at.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [even] before thy time have apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they were wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدِwalaqadi | And indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتُهْزِئَus'tuh'zi-a | were mocked | هزأ |
| 3 | بِرُسُلٍۢbirusulin | Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 6 | فَحَاقَfaḥāqa | but surrounded | حيق |
| 7 | بِٱلَّذِينَbi-alladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | سَخِرُوا۟sakhirū | scoffed | سخر |
| 9 | مِنْهُمmin'hum | of them | — |
| 10 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 12 | بِهِۦbihi | [at it] | — |
| 13 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock | هزأ |