فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ
ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
غُثَآءٗۚ
فَبُعۡدٗا
لِّلۡقَوۡمِ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٤١

Then the ˹mighty˺ blast overtook them with justice, and We reduced them to rubble. So away with the wrongdoing people!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:42

ثُمَّ

أَنشَأۡنَا

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِهِمۡ

قُرُونًا

ءَاخَرِينَ

٤٢

Then We raised other generations after them.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:43

مَا

تَسۡبِقُ

مِنۡ

أُمَّةٍ

أَجَلَهَا

وَمَا

يَسۡتَـٔۡخِرُونَ

٤٣

No people can advance their doom, nor can they delay it.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:44

ثُمَّ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

رُسُلَنَا

تَتۡرَاۖ

كُلَّ

مَا

جَآءَ

أُمَّةٗ

رَّسُولُهَا

كَذَّبُوهُۖ

فَأَتۡبَعۡنَا

بَعۡضَهُم

بَعۡضٗا

وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ

أَحَادِيثَۚ

فَبُعۡدٗا

لِّقَوۡمٖ

لَّا

يُؤۡمِنُونَ

٤٤

Then We sent Our messengers in succession: whenever a messenger came to his people, they denied him. So We destroyed them, one after the other, reducing them to ˹cautionary˺ tales. So away with the people who refuse to believe!

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:45

ثُمَّ

أَرۡسَلۡنَا

مُوسَىٰ

وَأَخَاهُ

هَٰرُونَ

بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا

وَسُلۡطَٰنٖ

مُّبِينٍ

٤٥

Then We sent Moses and his brother Aaron with Our signs¹ and compelling proof

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:46

إِلَىٰ

فِرۡعَوۡنَ

وَمَلَإِيْهِۦ

فَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

وَكَانُواْ

قَوۡمًا

عَالِينَ

٤٦

to Pharaoh and his chiefs, but they behaved arrogantly and were a tyrannical people.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:47

فَقَالُوٓاْ

أَنُؤۡمِنُ

لِبَشَرَيۡنِ

مِثۡلِنَا

وَقَوۡمُهُمَا

لَنَا

عَٰبِدُونَ

٤٧

They argued, “Will we believe in two humans, like ourselves, whose people are slaves to us?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:48

فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا

فَكَانُواْ

مِنَ

ٱلۡمُهۡلَكِينَ

٤٨

So they rejected them both, and ˹so˺ were among those destroyed.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:49

وَلَقَدۡ

ءَاتَيۡنَا

مُوسَى

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

لَعَلَّهُمۡ

يَهۡتَدُونَ

٤٩

And We certainly gave Moses the Scripture, so perhaps his people would be ˹rightly˺ guided.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

23:50

وَجَعَلۡنَا

ٱبۡنَ

مَرۡيَمَ

وَأُمَّهُۥٓ

ءَايَةٗ

وَءَاوَيۡنَٰهُمَآ

إِلَىٰ

رَبۡوَةٖ

ذَاتِ

قَرَارٖ

وَمَعِينٖ

٥٠

And We made the son of Mary and his mother a sign, and gave them refuge on high ground—a ˹suitable˺ place for rest with flowing water.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

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فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُٱلصَّيۡحَةُبِٱلۡحَقِّفَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡغُثَآءٗۚفَبُعۡدٗالِّلۡقَوۡمِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٤١

فَأَخَذَتۡهُمُ
ٱلصَّيۡحَةُ
بِٱلۡحَقِّ
فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ
غُثَآءٗۚ
فَبُعۡدٗا
لِّلۡقَوۡمِ
ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
٤١