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فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ﴿٣٤

Translation (Sahih International)

So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Word-by-word meaning

فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahumThen struck them
سَيِّـَٔاتُsayyiātu(the) evil (results)
مَا(of) what
عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand surrounded
بِهِمbihimthem
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
بِهِۦbihi[of it]
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelievers' Refrain from Faith means that They were simply awaiting PunishmentThreatening the idolators for their persistence in falsehood and their conceited delusions about this world, Allah says: Are these people waiting only for the angels to come and take their souls Qatadah said: أَوْ يَأْتِىَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ(Or there comes the command of your Lord) means the Day of Resurrection and the terror that they will go through.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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