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Al-Ankabut (The Spider)

Verse 40of 69

فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًۭا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ﴿٤٠

Translation (Sahih International)

So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

Word-by-word meaning

فَكُلًّاfakullanSo each
أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe seized
بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖbidhanbihifor his sin
فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana violent storm
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathuseized him
ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cry
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāWe caused to swallow
بِهِbihihim
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَغْرَقْنَا ۚaghraqnāWe drowned
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Destruction of Nations Who rejected Their MessengersAllah tells us about these nations who disbelieved in their Messengers, and how He destroyed them and sent various kinds of punishments and vengeance upon them. `Ad, the people of Hud, peace be upon him, used to live in the Ahqaf (curved sand-hills), near Hadramawt, in the Yemen. Thamud, the people of Salih, lived in Al-Hijr, near Wadi Al-Qura. The Arabs used to know their dwelling place very well, and they often used to pass by it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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