Adh-Dhariyat (The Winnowing Winds)
Verse 45of 60
فَمَا ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟ مِن قِيَامٍۢ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنتَصِرِينَ﴿٤٥﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves.
Word-by-word meaning
فَمَاfamāThen not
ٱسْتَطَـٰعُوا۟is'taṭāʿūthey were able to
مِنmin[of]
قِيَامٍۢqiyāminstand
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūthey could
مُنتَصِرِينَmuntaṣirīnahelp themselves
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Lessons from the Destruction of Fir`awn, `Ad, Thamud, and the People of NuhAllah the Exalted said,وَفِى مُوسَى إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَـهُ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَـنٍ مُّبِينٍ(And in Musa, when We sent him to Fir`awn with a manifest authority.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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