Surah Fussilat 41:16 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَخْزَى وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

Word by Word

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ۖ
فَأَرْسَلْنَا
fa-arsalna
So We sent
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
upon them
رِيحًا
rihan
a wind
صَرْصَرًا
sarsaran
furious
فِي
fi
in
أَيَّامٍ
ayyamin
(the) days
نَّحِسَاتٍ
nahisatin
(of) misfortune
لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ
linudhiqahum
that We may make them taste
عَذَابَ
adhaba
(the) punishment
الْخِزْيِ
al-khiz'yi
(of) disgrace
فِي
fi
in
الْحَيَاةِ
al-hayati
the life
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
(of) the world
وَلَعَذَابُ
wala'adhabu
And surely, (the) punishment
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
(of) the Hereafter
أَخْزَى
akhza
(is) more disgracing
وَهُمْ
wahum
and they
لَا
la
will not be helped
يُنصَرُونَ
yunsaruna
will not be helped

Transliteration

Fa arsalnaa 'alaihim reehan sarsaran feee ayyaamin nahisaatil linuzeeqahum 'azaabal khizyi fil hayaatid dunyaa wa la'azaabul Aakhirati akhzaa wa hum laa yunsaroon

Translation

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So I sent upon them a wind that had with it a disturbing noise, on days of misfortune for them, due to the punishment which came to them. So that I may make them suffer a punishment of humiliation and disgrace in the world. And indeed, the punishment of the Hereafter that awaits them is more humiliating for them; they will not find anyone to help save them from the punishment.

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

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"So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune…" — Fussilat 41:16