Quran 71:24 — Nooh, verse 24
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They have led many astray. Lord, bring nothing but destruction down on the evildoers!’
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
waqad aḍallū kathīran walā tazidi l-ẓālimīna illā ḍalālan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they have led many astray. Increase Thou not the evildoers save in error!'
- Muhammad Asad
- "And so they have led many a one astray: hence, ordain Thou that these evildoers stray but farther and farther away [from all that they may desire]!"
- Sahih International
- And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَدْwaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | أَضَلُّوا۟aḍallū | they have led astray | ضلل |
| 3 | كَثِيرًۭا ۖkathīran | many | كثر |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 5 | تَزِدِtazidi | increase | زيد |
| 6 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |
| 7 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 8 | ضَلَـٰلًۭاḍalālan | (in) error | ضلل |