← Surah 30

30:49

وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ

Word by word

وَإِن
And certainly
Preposition
كَانُوا۟
they were
Verb
Root: كون
مِن
before
Preposition
قَبْلِ
before
Noun
Root: قبل
أَن
[that]
Preposition
يُنَزَّلَ
it was sent down
Verb
Root: نزل
عَلَيْهِم
upon them
Preposition
مِّن
[before it]
Preposition
قَبْلِهِۦ
[before it]
Noun
Root: قبل
لَمُبْلِسِينَ
surely in despair
Noun
Root: بلس

Translation

Even though, before they received (the rain) - just before this - they were dumb with despair!

A. Yusuf Ali · EN · public-domain

Halbuki onlar, daha önce üzerlerine yağmur indirilmeden evvel ümidi kesmişlerdi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır · TR · public-domain

Oysa onlar daha önce yani üzerlerine (yağmur) indirilmesinden önce iyice ümitlerini kesmişlerdi.

Mehmet Okuyan · TR · all-rights-reserved

Though before that, even before it was sent down upon them, they were in despair.

M. Pickthall · EN · public-domain