Surah Fussilat, Ayah 16 (41:16)

فُصِّلَت

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى …

Quran 41:16 is ayah 16 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 478 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:16
فَأَرْسَلْنَاعَلَيْهِمْرِيحًاصَرْصَرًافِىٓأَيَّامٍنَّحِسَاتٍلِّنُذِيقَهُمْعَذَابَٱلْخِزْىِفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۖوَلَعَذَابُٱلَْٔاخِرَةِأَخْزَىٰ ۖوَهُمْلَايُنصَرُونَ١٦
fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī ayyāmin naḥisātin linudhīqahum ʿadhāba l-khiz'yi fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akhzā wahum lā yunṣarūna

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.(16)

Word by word

  1. فَأَرْسَلْنَاfa-arsalnāSo We sent
  2. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimupon them
  3. رِيحًاrīḥana wind
  4. صَرْصَرًاṣarṣaranfurious
  5. فِىٓfīin
  6. أَيَّامٍayyāmin(the) days
  7. نَّحِسَاتٍnaḥisātin(of) misfortune
  8. لِّنُذِيقَهُمْlinudhīqahumthat We may make them taste
  9. عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
  10. ٱلْخِزْىِl-khiz'yi(of) disgrace
  11. فِىfīin
  12. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  13. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
  14. وَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely, (the) punishment
  15. ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafter
  16. أَخْزَىٰ ۖakhzā(is) more disgracing
  17. وَهُمْwahumand they
  18. لَاlāwill not be helped
  19. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill not be helped

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