Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:76 — translation and meaning
المؤمنون · Verse 76 / 118 · Page 347
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَاهُم بِالْعَذَابِ فَمَا اسْتَكَانُوا لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
Word by Word
وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And verily
أَخَذْنَاهُم
akhadhnahum
We seized them
بِالْعَذَابِ
bil-'adhabi
with the punishment
فَمَا
fama
but not
اسْتَكَانُوا
is'takanu
they submit
لِرَبِّهِمْ
lirabbihim
to their Lord
وَمَا
wama
and not
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
yatadarra'una
they supplicate humbly
Transliteration
Wa laqad akhaznaahum bil'azaabi famastakaanoo li Rabbihim wa maa yatadarra'oon
Translation
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
I tested them through different afflictions, but neither did they humble before their Lord or submit to Him nor did they pray to Him submissively so that He lifts the afflictions from them when they befall.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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