← Surah 21

21:41

وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Word by word

وَلَقَدِ
And verily
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix
قَدِPreposition — particle of certainty
ٱسْتُهْزِئَ
were mocked
Verb
Root: هزأ
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱسْتُهْزِئَVerb — perfect، passive، 3rd masc. sing.
بِرُسُلٍ
Messengers
Noun
Root: رسل
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
رُسُلٍNoun — masc. plur.، indefinite، genitive
مِّن
before you
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنPreposition — preposition
قَبْلِكَ
before you
Noun
Root: قبل
Grammar (i'rab)
قَبْلِNoun — genitive
كَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 2nd masc. sing.
فَحَاقَ
then surrounded
Verb
Root: حيق
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
حَاقَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.
بِٱلَّذِينَ
those who
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱلَّذِينَNoun — relative، masc. plur.
سَخِرُوا۟
mocked
Verb
Root: سخر
Grammar (i'rab)
سَخِرُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مِنْهُم
from them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنْPreposition — preposition
هُمNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مَّا
what
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
مَّاNoun — relative
كَانُوا۟
they used
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
بِهِۦ
at it
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
هِۦNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ
(to) mock
Verb
Root: هزأ
Grammar (i'rab)
يَسْتَهْزِءُVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. plur.
ونَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.

Translation

EN

Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

And olsun ki, senden önce birçok peygamber alaya alınmıştı da, alaya alanları, eğlendikleri şey mahvetmişti.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Yemin olsun ki, senden önce birçok peygamberle alay edildi de içlerinden alay edenleri, o alay ettikleri şey (azap) kuşatıverdi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Yemin olsun ki senden önceki elçilerle de alay edilmişti ve alay edenleri alay ettikleri şey (çepeçevre) kuşatmıştı.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

ولقد استهزئ برسل مِن قبلك أيها الرسول، فحلَّ بالذين كانوا يستهزئون العذاب الذي كان مَثار سخريتهم واستهزائهم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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