Surah An-Naml, Ayah 14 (27:14)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَجَحَدُوا۟ بِهَا وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآ أَنفُسُهُمْ ظُلْمًا وَعُلُوًّا ۚ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ …

Quran 27:14 is ayah 14 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 378 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:14
وَجَحَدُوا۟بِهَاوَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآأَنفُسُهُمْظُلْمًاوَعُلُوًّا ۚفَٱنظُرْكَيْفَكَانَعَٰقِبَةُٱلْمُفْسِدِينَ١٤
wajaḥadū bihā wa-is'tayqanathā anfusuhum ẓul'man waʿuluwwan fa-unẓur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu l-muf'sidīna

And they rejected them, while their [inner] selves were convinced thereof, out of injustice and haughtiness. So see how was the end of the corrupters.(14)

Word by word

  1. وَجَحَدُوا۟wajaḥadūAnd they rejected
  2. بِهَاbihāthem
  3. وَٱسْتَيْقَنَتْهَآwa-is'tayqanathāthough were convinced with them (signs)
  4. أَنفُسُهُمْanfusuhumthemselves
  5. ظُلْمًاẓul'man(out of) injustice
  6. وَعُلُوًّا ۚwaʿuluwwanand haughtiness
  7. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurSo see
  8. كَيْفَkayfahow
  9. كَانَkānawas
  10. عَٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu(the) end
  11. ٱلْمُفْسِدِينَl-muf'sidīna(of) the corrupters

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