Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 41 (23:41)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

Quran 23:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 344 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:41
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُٱلصَّيْحَةُبِٱلْحَقِّفَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْغُثَآءً ۚفَبُعْدًالِّلْقَوْمِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٤١
fa-akhadhathumu l-ṣayḥatu bil-ḥaqi fajaʿalnāhum ghuthāan fabuʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna

So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.(41)

Word by word

  1. فَأَخَذَتْهُمُfa-akhadhathumuSo seized them
  2. ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cry
  3. بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
  4. فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْfajaʿalnāhumand We made them
  5. غُثَآءً ۚghuthāan(as) rubbish of dead leaves
  6. فَبُعْدًاfabuʿ'danSo away
  7. لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmiwith the people
  8. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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