Surah Ghafir · Ayah 5

Meaning of Surah Ghafir, Ayah 5

Kaththabat qablahum qawmu noohinwal-ahzabu min baAAdihim wahammat kulluommatin birasoolihim liya/khuthoohu wajadaloo bilbatililiyudhidoo bihi alhaqqa faakhathtuhumfakayfa kana AAiqab

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1. كَذَّبَتْkadhabatDenied
2. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
3. قَوْمُqawmu(the) people
4. نُوحٍۢnūḥin(of) Nuh
5. وَٱلْأَحْزَابُwal-aḥzābuand the factions
6. مِنۢminafter them
7. بَعْدِهِمْ ۖbaʿdihimafter them
8. وَهَمَّتْwahammatand plotted
9. كُلُّkulluevery
10. أُمَّةٍۭummatinnation
11. بِرَسُولِهِمْbirasūlihimagainst their Messenger
12. لِيَأْخُذُوهُ ۖliyakhudhūhuto seize him
13. وَجَـٰدَلُوا۟wajādalūand they disputed
14. بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliby falsehood
15. لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūto refute
16. بِهِbihithereby
17. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
18. فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖfa-akhadhtuhumSo I seized them
19. فَكَيْفَfakayfaThen how
20. كَانَkānawas
21. عِقَابِʿiqābiMy penalty