Surah Al-Mulk 67:18 — translation and meaning

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وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Word by Word

وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And indeed
كَذَّبَ
kadhaba
denied
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِهِمْ
qablihim
before them
فَكَيْفَ
fakayfa
and how
كَانَ
kana
was
نَكِيرِ
nakiri
My rejection

Transliteration

Wa laqad kazzabal lazeena min qablihim fakaifa kaana nakeer

Translation

And already had those before them denied, and how [terrible] was My reproach.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Verily, the nations that came before these idolaters rejected, and so the punishment of Allah descended upon them after they insisted in their disbelief and rejection, so how was My disavowal of them? Verily, it was a severe disavowal.

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

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