Surah Fussilat 41:13 — translation and meaning

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فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِّثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ

Word by Word

فَإِنْ
fa-in
But if
أَعْرَضُوا
a'radu
they turn away
فَقُلْ
faqul
then say
أَنذَرْتُكُمْ
andhartukum
I have warned you
صَاعِقَةً
sa'iqatan
(of) a thunderbolt
مِّثْلَ
mith'la
like
صَاعِقَةِ
sa'iqati
(the) thunderbolt
عَادٍ
adin
(of) Aad
وَثَمُودَ
wathamuda
and Thamud

Transliteration

Fa-in a'radoo faqul anzartukum saa'iqatam misla saa'iqati 'Aadinw wa Samood

Translation

But if they turn away, then say, "I have warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt [that struck] 'Aad and Thamud.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So if these people turn away from bringing faith in what you have brought, then say to them: “I have warned you of a punishment that will fall upon you, like the punishment that fell upon the people of Hud, the ‘Ād, and the people of Saleh, the Thamūd, when they rejected their messengers.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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