Surah Hud · Ayah 8

Meaning of Surah Hud, Ayah 8

Wala-in akhkharna AAanhumu alAAathabaila ommatin maAAdoodatin layaqoolunna ma yahbisuhuala yawma ya/teehim laysa masroofan AAanhum wahaqabihim ma kanoo bihi yastahzi-oon

Word by word

1. وَلَئِنْwala-inAnd if
2. أَخَّرْنَاakharnāWe delay
3. عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
4. ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhābathe punishment
5. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
6. أُمَّةٍۢummatina time
7. مَّعْدُودَةٍۢmaʿdūdatindetermined
8. لَّيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunnathey will surely say
9. مَاmāWhat
10. يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ ۗyaḥbisuhudetains it
11. أَلَاalāNo doubt
12. يَوْمَyawma(On) the Day
13. يَأْتِيهِمْyatīhimit comes to them
14. لَيْسَlaysanot
15. مَصْرُوفًاmaṣrūfan(will be) averted
16. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
17. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand will surround
18. بِهِمbihimthem
19. مَّاmāwhat
20. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
21. بِهِۦbihimock at [it]
22. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock at [it]