Quran 65:8 — At-Talaaq, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Many a town that insolently opposed the command of its Lord and His messengers We have brought sternly to account: We punished them severely
وَكَأَيِّنْ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَابًا نُكْرًا
waka-ayyin min qaryatin ʿatat ʿan amri rabbihā warusulihi faḥāsabnāhā ḥisāban shadīdan waʿadhabnāhā ʿadhāban nuk'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How many a city turned in disdain from the commandment of its Lord and His Messengers; and then We made with it a terrible reckoning and chastised it with a horrible chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND HOW MANY a community has turned with disdain from the commandment of its Sustainer and His apostles! -whereupon We callled them all to account with an accounting severe, and caused them to suffer with a suffering unnameable:
- Sahih International
- And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَأَيِّنwaka-ayyin | And how many | — |
| 2 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 3 | قَرْيَةٍqaryatin | a town | قري |
| 4 | عَتَتْʿatat | rebelled | عتو |
| 5 | عَنْʿan | against | — |
| 6 | أَمْرِamri | (the) Command | أمر |
| 7 | رَبِّهَاrabbihā | (of) its Lord | ربب |
| 8 | وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihi | and His Messengers | رسل |
| 9 | فَحَاسَبْنَـٰهَاfaḥāsabnāhā | so We took it to account | حسب |
| 10 | حِسَابًۭاḥisāban | an account | حسب |
| 11 | شَدِيدًۭاshadīdan | severe | شدد |
| 12 | وَعَذَّبْنَـٰهَاwaʿadhabnāhā | and We punished it | عذب |
| 13 | عَذَابًۭاʿadhāban | a punishment | عذب |
| 14 | نُّكْرًۭاnuk'ran | terrible | نكر |