Quran 67:18 — Al-Mulk, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who went before them also disbelieved- how terrible was My condemnation!
وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ
walaqad kadhaba alladhīna min qablihim fakayfa kāna nakīri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those that were before them also cried lies; then how was My horror!
- Muhammad Asad
- And, indeed, [many of] those who lived aforetime did give the lie [to My warnings]: and how awesome was My rejection [of them]!
- Sahih International
- And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denied | كذب |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those | — |
| 4 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 6 | فَكَيْفَfakayfa | and how | كيف |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 8 | نَكِيرِnakīri | My rejection | نكر |