Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:158 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 158 / 227 · Page 373
ۗ ۖ فَأَخَذَهُمُ الْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
Word by Word
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ۖ
فَأَخَذَهُمُ
fa-akhadhahumu
So seized them
الْعَذَابُ
al-'adhabu
the punishment
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
فِي
fi
in
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
لَآيَةً
laayatan
surely is a sign
وَمَا
wama
but not
كَانَ
kana
are
أَكْثَرُهُم
aktharuhum
most of them
مُّؤْمِنِينَ
mu'minina
believers
Transliteration
Fa akhazahumul 'azaab; inna fee zaalika la Aayah; wa maa kaana aksaruhum m'mineen
Translation
And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So the punishment that they were promised seized them: it was an earthquake accompanied by a scream. Indeed, in the aforementioned, i.e. the story of Saleh and his people, is a lesson for those who take heed. Although most of them do not believe; they were rejecters.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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