The Forgiver
40. Ghāfir
غافر
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فَلَمَّا
جَاءَتْهُمْ
رُسُلُهُم
بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ
فَرِحُوا
بِمَا
عِندَهُم
مِّنَ
الْعِلْمِ
وَحَاقَ
بِهِم
مَّا
كَانُوا
بِهِ
يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
fa-lammā jāʾathum rusuluhum bi-l-bayyināti fariḥū bi-mā ʿindahum mina l-ʿilmi wa-ḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihī yastahziʾūna
For when their messengers came to them with Clear Signs, they exulted in such knowledge (and skill) as they had; but that very (Wrath) at which they were wont to scoff hemmed them in.
— Abdullah Yusufali
When their apostles brought them manifest proofs, they boasted about the knowledge they possessed, but they were besieged by what they used to deride.
