Surah 54 · verse 42
Al-Qamar 54:42
Sign in to listenكَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
kadhdhabu bi-'ayatina kulliha fa-akhadhnahum akhdha 'aziz muqtadir
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ
So taste My punishment and warning.
Verse 40وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
Verse 41وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَـٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture?
Verse 44أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
Verse 45سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].