Surah Al-Anbiya 21:41 — translation and meaning
الأنبياء · Verse 41 / 112 · Page 325
وَلَقَدِ اسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِالَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدِ
walaqadi
And verily
اسْتُهْزِئَ
us'tuh'zi-a
were mocked
بِرُسُلٍ
birusulin
Messengers
مِّن
min
before you
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فَحَاقَ
fahaqa
then surrounded
بِالَّذِينَ
bi-alladhina
those who
سَخِرُوا
sakhiru
mocked
مِنْهُم
min'hum
from them
مَّا
ma
what
كَانُوا
kanu
they used
بِهِ
bihi
at it
يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
yastahziuna
(to) mock
Transliteration
Wa laqadis tuhzi'a bi-Rusulim min qablika fahaaqa billazeena sakhiroo minhum maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon
Translation
And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
O Messenger! Even if your people mock you, you are not unique in that, because many messengers before you were also mocked at. After their messengers warned them of it, the very punishment the disbelievers made a mockery of engulfed them in this very world.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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