Surah Al-Anbiya 21:15 — translation and meaning

الأنبياء · Verse 15 / 112 · Page 323

فَمَا زَالَت تِّلْكَ دَعْوَاهُمْ حَتَّى جَعَلْنَاهُمْ حَصِيدًا خَامِدِينَ

Word by Word

فَمَا
fama
Then not
زَالَت
zalat
ceased
تِّلْكَ
til'ka
[this]
دَعْوَاهُمْ
da'wahum
their cry
حَتَّى
hatta
until
جَعَلْنَاهُمْ
ja'alnahum
We made them
حَصِيدًا
hasidan
reaped
خَامِدِينَ
khamidina
extinct

Transliteration

Famaa zaalat tilka da'waahum hattaa ja'alnaahum haseedan khaamideen

Translation

And that declaration of theirs did not cease until We made them [as] a harvest [mowed down], extinguished [like a fire].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So they continued confessing to their sins and praying for their own destruction until I made them like harvested crops, dead without any movement.

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

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