Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 15 (21:15)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَٰمِدِينَ

Quran 21:15 is ayah 15 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 323 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:15
فَمَازَالَتتِّلْكَدَعْوَىٰهُمْحَتَّىٰجَعَلْنَٰهُمْحَصِيدًاخَٰمِدِينَ١٥
famā zālat til'ka daʿwāhum ḥattā jaʿalnāhum ḥaṣīdan khāmidīna

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].(15)

Word by word

  1. فَمَاfamāThen not
  2. زَالَتzālatceased
  3. تِّلْكَtil'ka[this]
  4. دَعْوَىٰهُمْdaʿwāhumtheir cry
  5. حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
  6. جَعَلْنَٰهُمْjaʿalnāhumWe made them
  7. حَصِيدًاḥaṣīdanreaped
  8. خَٰمِدِينَkhāmidīnaextinct

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