Surah Ad-Dukhan 44:13 — translation and meaning

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أَنَّى لَهُمُ الذِّكْرَى وَقَدْ جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مُّبِينٌ

Word by Word

أَنَّى
anna
How can
لَهُمُ
lahumu
(there be) for them
الذِّكْرَى
al-dhik'ra
the reminder
وَقَدْ
waqad
when verily
جَاءَهُمْ
jaahum
had come to them
رَسُولٌ
rasulun
a Messenger
مُّبِينٌ
mubinun
clear

Transliteration

Annaa lahumuz zikraa wa qad jaaa'ahum Rasoolum mubeen

Translation

How will there be for them a reminder [at that time]? And there had come to them a clear Messenger.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

How can they take heed and repent to their Lord now, when a clear Messenger came to them before, and they knew of his truthfulness and honesty?

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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