Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 113 (16:113)

ٱلنَّحْل

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

Quran 16:113 is ayah 113 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 280 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:113
وَلَقَدْجَآءَهُمْرَسُولٌمِّنْهُمْفَكَذَّبُوهُفَأَخَذَهُمُٱلْعَذَابُوَهُمْظَٰلِمُونَ١١٣
walaqad jāahum rasūlun min'hum fakadhabūhu fa-akhadhahumu l-ʿadhābu wahum ẓālimūna

And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.(113)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd certainly
  2. جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
  3. رَسُولٌrasūluna Messenger
  4. مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom among them
  5. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhubut they denied him
  6. فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuso seized them
  7. ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
  8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  9. ظَٰلِمُونَẓālimūna(were) wrongdoers

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