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Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 24 (46:24)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ …

Quran 46:24 is ayah 24 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 505 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:24
فَلَمَّارَأَوْهُعَارِضًامُّسْتَقْبِلَأَوْدِيَتِهِمْقَالُوا۟هَٰذَاعَارِضٌمُّمْطِرُنَا ۚبَلْهُوَمَاٱسْتَعْجَلْتُمبِهِۦ ۖرِيحٌفِيهَاعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌ٢٤
falammā ra-awhu ʿāriḍan mus'taqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍun mum'ṭirunā bal huwa mā is'taʿjaltum bihi rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīmun

And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,(24)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  2. رَأَوْهُra-awhuthey saw it
  3. عَارِضًاʿāriḍan(as) a cloud
  4. مُّسْتَقْبِلَmus'taqbilaapproaching
  5. أَوْدِيَتِهِمْawdiyatihimtheir valleys
  6. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  7. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  8. عَارِضٌʿāriḍun(is) a cloud
  9. مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚmum'ṭirunābringing us rain
  10. بَلْbalNay
  11. هُوَhuwait
  12. مَاmā(is) what
  13. ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُمis'taʿjaltumyou were asking it to be hastened
  14. بِهِۦ ۖbihiyou were asking it to be hastened
  15. رِيحٌrīḥuna wind
  16. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  17. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  18. أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

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