Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 40 (29:40)

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فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ …

Quran 29:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 401 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:40
فَكُلًّاأَخَذْنَابِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖفَمِنْهُممَّنْأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِحَاصِبًاوَمِنْهُممَّنْأَخَذَتْهُٱلصَّيْحَةُوَمِنْهُممَّنْخَسَفْنَابِهِٱلْأَرْضَوَمِنْهُممَّنْأَغْرَقْنَا ۚوَمَاكَانَٱللَّهُلِيَظْلِمَهُمْوَلَٰكِنكَانُوٓا۟أَنفُسَهُمْيَظْلِمُونَ٤٠
fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbihi famin'hum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wamin'hum man akhadhathu l-ṣayḥatu wamin'hum man khasafnā bihi l-arḍa wamin'hum man aghraqnā wamā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allāh would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.(40)

Word by word

  1. فَكُلًّاfakullanSo each
  2. أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe seized
  3. بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖbidhanbihifor his sin
  4. فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them
  5. مَّنْman(was he) who
  6. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
  7. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
  8. حَاصِبًاḥāṣibana violent storm
  9. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
  10. مَّنْman(was he) who
  11. أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathuseized him
  12. ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cry
  13. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
  14. مَّنْman(was he) who
  15. خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāWe caused to swallow
  16. بِهِbihihim
  17. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  18. وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
  19. مَّنْman(was he) who
  20. أَغْرَقْنَا ۚaghraqnāWe drowned
  21. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  22. كَانَkānawas
  23. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  24. لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
  25. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  26. كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
  27. أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
  28. يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong

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