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Verse 133of 206

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلطُّوفَانَ وَٱلْجَرَادَ وَٱلْقُمَّلَ وَٱلضَّفَادِعَ وَٱلدَّمَ ءَايَٰتٍۢ مُّفَصَّلَٰتٍۢ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًۭا مُّجْرِمِينَ﴿١٣٣

Translation (Sahih International)

So We sent upon them the flood and locusts and lice and frogs and blood as distinct signs, but they were arrogant and were a criminal people.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāSo We sent
عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuon them
ٱلطُّوفَانَl-ṭūfānathe flood
وَٱلْجَرَادَwal-jarādaand the locusts
وَٱلْقُمَّلَwal-qumalaand the lice
وَٱلضَّفَادِعَwal-ḍafādiʿaand the frogs
وَٱلدَّمَwal-damaand the blood
ءَايَـٰتٍۢāyātin(as) signs
مُّفَصَّلَـٰتٍۢmufaṣṣalātinmanifest
فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟fa-is'takbarūbut they showed arrogance
وَكَانُوا۟wakānūand they were
قَوْمًۭاqawmana people
مُّجْرِمِينَmuj'rimīnacriminal

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah punishes the People of Fir`awn because of Their RebellionAllah describes the rebellion, tyranny, defiance of the truth and insistence on falsehood of the people of Fir`awn, prompting them to proclaim,مَهْمَا تَأْتِنَا بِهِ مِن ءَايَةٍ لِّتَسْحَرَنَا بِهَا فَمَا نَحْنُ لَكَ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ("Whatever Ayat you may bring to us, to work therewith your sorcery on us, we shall never believe in you.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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