Quran 6:5 — Al-An'aam, verse 5
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So they denied the truth when it came to them, but the very thing they laughed at will be brought home to them.
فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا بِالْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ ۖ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنْبَاءُ مَا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
faqad kadhabū bil-ḥaqi lammā jāahum fasawfa yatīhim anbāu mā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They cried lies to the truth when it came to them, but there shall come to them news of that they were mocking.
- Muhammad Asad
- and so they give the lie to this truth now that it has come unto them. In time, however, they will come to understand what it was that they were wont to deride.
- Sahih International
- For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَقَدْfaqad | Then indeed | — |
| 2 | كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabū | they denied | كذب |
| 3 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 4 | لَمَّاlammā | when | — |
| 5 | جَآءَهُمْ ۖjāahum | it came to them | جيأ |
| 6 | فَسَوْفَfasawfa | but soon | — |
| 7 | يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhim | will come to them | أتي |
| 8 | أَنۢبَـٰٓؤُا۟anbāu | news | نبأ |
| 9 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 10 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 11 | بِهِۦbihi | [at it] | — |
| 12 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock | هزأ |