Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 41 (51:41)

ٱلذَّارِيَات

وَفِى عَادٍ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلرِّيحَ ٱلْعَقِيمَ

Quran 51:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 522 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:41
وَفِىعَادٍإِذْأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمُٱلرِّيحَٱلْعَقِيمَ٤١
wafī ʿādin idh arsalnā ʿalayhimu l-rīḥa l-ʿaqīma

And in ʿAad [was a sign], when We sent against them the barren wind.(41)

Word by word

  1. وَفِىwafīAnd in
  2. عَادٍʿādinAad
  3. إِذْidhwhen
  4. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
  5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuagainst them
  6. ٱلرِّيحَl-rīḥathe wind
  7. ٱلْعَقِيمَl-ʿaqīmathe barren

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