Surah Al-Muzzammil 73:16 — translation and meaning
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فَعَصَى فِرْعَوْنُ الرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَاهُ أَخْذًا وَبِيلًا
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فَعَصَى
fa'asa
But disobeyed
فِرْعَوْنُ
fir'awnu
Firaun
الرَّسُولَ
al-rasula
the Messenger
فَأَخَذْنَاهُ
fa-akhadhnahu
so We seized him
أَخْذًا
akhdhan
(with) a seizure
وَبِيلًا
wabilan
ruinous
Transliteration
Fa'asaa Fir'awnur Rasoola fa akhaznaahu akhzanw wabeelaa
Translation
But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
But Pharaoh went against the messenger who was sent to him from his Lord, so I punished him with a severe punishment in the world by drowning and in the afterlife by the punishment of the fire. So you do not go against your messenger or you will be afflicted by what afflicted him.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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