Surah Al-'Ankabut 29:39 — translation and meaning

العنكبوت · Verse 39 / 69 · Page 401

ۖ وَقَارُونَ وَفِرْعَوْنَ وَهَامَانَ وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مُّوسَى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا كَانُوا سَابِقِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
وَقَارُونَ
waqaruna
And Qarun
وَفِرْعَوْنَ
wafir'awna
and Firaun
وَهَامَانَ
wahamana
and Haman
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
جَاءَهُم
jaahum
came to them
مُّوسَى
musa
Musa
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
bil-bayinati
with clear evidences
فَاسْتَكْبَرُوا
fa-is'takbaru
but they were arrogant
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
وَمَا
wama
and not
كَانُوا
kanu
they could
سَابِقِينَ
sabiqina
outstrip Us

Transliteration

Wa Qaaroona wa Fir'awna wa haamaana wa laqad jaaa'ahum Moosa bilbaiyinaati fastakbaroo fil ardi wa maa kaanoo saabiqeen

Translation

And [We destroyed] Qarun and Pharaoh and Haman. And Moses had already come to them with clear evidences, and they were arrogant in the land, but they were not outrunners [of Our punishment].

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

I destroyed Qarun when he oppressed the people of Moses, by sinking him together with his property into the ground. I destroyed Pharaoh and his minister, Haman, by drowning them in the sea. Moses had brought them clear miracles indicating his truthfulness, but they behaved arrogantly in the land of Egypt and were too proud to have faith in him. They could not be saved from My punishment by escaping from Me.

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

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