Surah 29. Al-Ankabut, Ayah 40
| فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِهِ ۖ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- kull(an) 'akhadhnaa bi- dhanb -hi fa- min -hum man arsalnaa calay -hi h.aas.ib(an) wa- min -hum man 'akhadhat -hu as.- s.ayh.ah wa- min -hum man khasafnaa bi- -hi al- 'ard. wa- min -hum man aghraqnaa wa- maa kaana 'allaah li- yaz.lim -hum wa- laakin kaano anfus -hum yaz.limon |
| Pickthall | : | So We took each one in his sin; of them was he on whom We sent a hurricane, and of them was he who was overtaken by the (Awful) Cry, and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he whom We drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they wronged themselves. |
| Asad | : | For, every one of them did We take to task for his sin: and so, upon some of them We let loose a deadly stormwind; and some of them were overtaken by a [sudden] blast;36 and some of them We caused to be swallowed by the earth; and some of them We caused to drown. And it was not God who wronged them. but it was they who had wron,2ed themselves. |
| Malik | : | We seized all of them for their sinfulness: against some We sent a violent tornado full of stones, some were seized by a mighty blast, some were swallowed up by the earth, and yet some We drowned. It was not Allah Who was unjust to them, but they were unjust to their own souls. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them against some We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We drowned (in the waters): it was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed) them: they injured (and oppressed) their own souls. 3462 3463 3464 3465 |
Note - 36Sc., "of God's punishment": cf. note [98] on 11:67.
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Note - 3462For hasib (violent tornado with showers of stones), see
xvii. 68; this punishment as inflicted on the Cities of
the Plain, of which Lot preached (liv. 34). Some
Commentators think that this also applied to the 'Ad, but
their punishment is described as by a violent and
unseasonable cold wind (xli. 16; liv. 19 and lxix. 6),
such as blows in sand-storms in the Ahqaf, the region of
shifting sands which was in their territory.
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Note - 3463For saihat (Blast) see xi. 67 and n. 1561, as also n.
1047 to vii. 78 and n. 1996 to xv. 73. This word is used
in describing the fate of (1) the Thamud (xi. 67); Madyan
(xi. 94); the population to which Lut preached (xv. 73);
and the Rocky Tract (Hijr, xv. 83), part of the territory
of the Thamud; also in the Parable of the City to which
came three Prophets, who found a single-believer (xxxvi.
29).
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Note - 3464This was the fate of Qarun: see xxviii. 81. Cf. also xvi.
45 and n. 2071.
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Note - 3465This was the fate of the hosts of Pharaoh and Haman
(xxviii. 40) as well as the wicked generation of Noah
(xxvi. 120).
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For hasib (violent tornado with showers of stones), see xvii. 68; this punishment as inflicted on the Cities of the Plain, of which Lot preached (liv. 34). Some Commentators think that this also applied to the 'Ad, but their punishment is described as by a violent and unseasonable cold wind (xli. 16; liv. 19 and lxix. 6), such as blows in sand-storms in the Ahqaf, the region of shifting sands which was in their territory. |
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For saihat (Blast) see xi. 67 and n. 1561, as also n. 1047 to vii. 78 and n. 1996 to xv. 73. This word is used in describing the fate of (1) the Thamud (xi. 67); Madyan (xi. 94); the population to which Lut preached (xv. 73); and the Rocky Tract (Hijr, xv. 83), part of the territory of the Thamud; also in the Parable of the City to which came three Prophets, who found a single-believer (xxxvi. 29). |
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This was the fate of Qarun: see xxviii. 81. Cf. also xvi. 45 and n. 2071. |
