Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:157 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 157 / 227 · Page 373
فَعَقَرُوهَا فَأَصْبَحُوا نَادِمِينَ
Word by Word
فَعَقَرُوهَا
fa'aqaruha
But they hamstrung her
فَأَصْبَحُوا
fa-asbahu
then they became
نَادِمِينَ
nadimina
regretful
Transliteration
Fa'aqaroohaa fa asbahoo naadimeen
Translation
But they hamstrung her and so became regretful.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So they agreed upon cutting its legs, and the most wretched from them all did the act. Then they regretted the deed they had committed because of realising that the punishment was about to befall them inevitably. However, regret after seeing the punishment is of no benefit.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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