Surah Ash-Shu'ara 26:189 — translation and meaning
الشعراء · Verse 189 / 227 · Page 375
ۚ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ الظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
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فَكَذَّبُوهُ
fakadhabuhu
But they denied him
فَأَخَذَهُمْ
fa-akhadhahum
so seized them
عَذَابُ
adhabu
(the) punishment
يَوْمِ
yawmi
(of the) day
الظُّلَّةِ
al-zulati
(of) the shadow
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed it
كَانَ
kana
was
عَذَابَ
adhaba
(the) punishment
يَوْمٍ
yawmin
(of) a Day
عَظِيمٍ
azimin
Great
Transliteration
Fakazzaboohu fa akhazahum 'azaabu Yawmiz zullah; innahoo kaana 'azaaba Yawmin 'Azeem
Translation
And they denied him, so the punishment of the day of the black cloud seized them. Indeed, it was the punishment of a terrible day.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
They continued rejecting him and so a grave punishment afflicted them by way of a cloud appearing after a severely hot day. It rained a fire upon them that burned them. The day they were destroyed was an extremely horrific day.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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