Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 30 (42:30)

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وَمَآ أَصَٰبَكُم مِّن مُّصِيبَةٍ فَبِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَيَعْفُوا۟ عَن كَثِيرٍ

Quran 42:30 is ayah 30 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 486 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:30
وَمَآأَصَٰبَكُممِّنمُّصِيبَةٍفَبِمَاكَسَبَتْأَيْدِيكُمْوَيَعْفُوا۟عَنكَثِيرٍ٣٠
wamā aṣābakum min muṣībatin fabimā kasabat aydīkum wayaʿfū ʿan kathīrin

And whatever strikes you of disaster - it is for what your hands have earned; but He pardons much.(30)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāAnd whatever
  2. أَصَٰبَكُمaṣābakumbefalls you
  3. مِّنminof
  4. مُّصِيبَةٍmuṣībatin(the) misfortune
  5. فَبِمَاfabimā(is because) of what
  6. كَسَبَتْkasabathave earned
  7. أَيْدِيكُمْaydīkumyour hands
  8. وَيَعْفُوا۟wayaʿfūBut He pardons
  9. عَنʿan[from]
  10. كَثِيرٍkathīrinmuch

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