Surah Ar-Rum 30:49 — translation and meaning
الروم · Verse 49 / 60 · Page 409
وَإِن كَانُوا مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِ لَمُبْلِسِينَ
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وَإِن
wa-in
And certainly
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
مِن
min
before
قَبْلِ
qabli
before
أَن
an
[that]
يُنَزَّلَ
yunazzala
it was sent down
عَلَيْهِم
alayhim
upon them
مِّن
min
[before it]
قَبْلِهِ
qablihi
[before it]
لَمُبْلِسِينَ
lamub'lisina
surely in despair
Transliteration
Wa in kaanoo min qabli any yunazzala 'alaihim min qablihee lamubliseen
Translation
Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
While just previously, they had been losing hope in any rain falling upon them.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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