Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 51 (39:51)

ٱلزُّمَر

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَئَِّاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَئَِّاتُ مَا …

Quran 39:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Az-Zumar (“The Troops”), a Meccan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 464 of the Madani Mushaf.

39:51
فَأَصَابَهُمْسَئَِّاتُمَاكَسَبُوا۟ ۚوَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟مِنْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِسَيُصِيبُهُمْسَئَِّاتُمَاكَسَبُوا۟وَمَاهُمبِمُعْجِزِينَ٥١
fa-aṣābahum sayyiātu mā kasabū wa-alladhīna ẓalamū min hāulāi sayuṣībuhum sayyiātu mā kasabū wamā hum bimuʿ'jizīna

And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be struck [i.e., afflicted] by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they will not cause failure.(51)

Word by word

  1. فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahumThen struck them
  2. سَئَِّاتُsayyiātu(the) evils
  3. مَاmā(of) what
  4. كَسَبُوا۟ ۚkasabūthey earned
  5. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  6. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūhave wronged
  7. مِنْminof
  8. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
  9. سَيُصِيبُهُمْsayuṣībuhumwill strike them
  10. سَئَِّاتُsayyiātu(the) evils
  11. مَاmā(of) what
  12. كَسَبُوا۟kasabūthey earned
  13. وَمَاwamāand not
  14. هُمhumthey
  15. بِمُعْجِزِينَbimuʿ'jizīnawill be able to escape

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