The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
Page #467
40:5
كَذَّبَتْ
قَبْلَهُمْ
قَوْمُ
نُوحٍ
وَالْأَحْزَابُ
مِن
بَعْدِهِمْ
وَهَمَّتْ
كُلُّ
أُمَّةٍ
بِرَسُولِهِمْ
لِيَأْخُذُوهُ
وَجَادَلُوا
بِالْبَاطِلِ
لِيُدْحِضُوا
بِهِ
الْحَقَّ
فَأَخَذْتُهُمْ
فَكَيْفَ
كَانَ
عِقَابِ
kadhdhabat qablahum qawmu nūḥin wa-l-ʾaḥzābu min baʿdihim wa-hammat kullu ʾummatin bi-rasūlihim li-yaʾkhudhūhu wa-jādalū bi-l-bāṭili li-yudḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqqa fa-ʾakhadhtuhum fa-kayfa kāna ʿiqābi
But (there were people) before them, who denied (the Signs),- the People of Noah, and the Confederates (of Evil) after them; and every People plotted against their prophet, to seize him, and disputed by means of vanities, therewith to condemn the Truth; but it was I that seized them! and how (terrible) was My Requital!
— Abdullah Yusufali
The people of Noah denied before them and the [heathen] factions [who came] after them. Every nation attempted to lay hands on their apostle, and disputed erroneously to refute the truth. Then I seized them; so how was My retribution?!
