Quran 8:52 — Al-Anfaal, verse 52
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They are like Pharaoh’s people and those before them who ignored God’s signs, so God punished them for their sins: God is strong and severe in His punishment.
كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ ۙ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
kadabi āli fir'ʿawna wa-alladhīna min qablihim kafarū biāyāti l-lahi fa-akhadhahumu l-lahu bidhunūbihim inna l-laha qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Like Pharaoh's folk, and the people before him, who disbelieved in God's signs; God seized them because of their sins; God is strong, terrible in retribution.
- Muhammad Asad
- [To them shall happen.] the like of what happened to Pharaoh's people and those who lived before them: they denied the truth of God's messagesand so God took them to task for their sins. Verily, God is powerful, severe in retribution!
- Sahih International
- [Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allāh, so Allāh seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and severe in penalty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَدَأْبِkadabi | Like (the) way | دأب |
| 2 | ءَالِāli | (of) people | أول |
| 3 | فِرْعَوْنَ ۙfir'ʿawna | (of) Firaun | — |
| 4 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 5 | مِنmin | (were) from | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim | before them | قبل |
| 7 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | They disbelieved | كفر |
| 8 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | in (the) Signs | أيي |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumu | so seized them | أخذ |
| 11 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 12 | بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗbidhunūbihim | for their sins | ذنب |
| 13 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 14 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 15 | قَوِىٌّۭqawiyyun | (is) All-Strong | قوي |
| 16 | شَدِيدُshadīdu | (and) severe | شدد |
| 17 | ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi | (in) the penalty | عقب |