Sam Gerrans - The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And each We took for his transgression; and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

فَكُلاًّ اَخَذْنَا بِذَنْبِه۪ۚ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا عَـلَيْهِ حَـاصِباًۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَخَذَتْهُ الصَّيْحَةُۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ الْاَرْضَۚ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ اَغْرَقْنَاۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
Fakullan akhathna bithanbihifaminhum man arsalna AAalayhi hasiban waminhum manakhathat-hu assayhatu waminhum mankhasafna bihi al-arda waminhum man aghraqnawama kana Allahu liyathlimahumwalakin kanoo anfusahum yathlimoon
#wordmeaningroot
1fakullanSo eachكلل
2akhadhnāWe seizedاخذ
3bidhanbihifor his sinذنب
4famin'humThen of them
5man(was he) who
6arsalnāWe sentرسل
7ʿalayhion him
8ḥāṣibana violent stormحصب
9wamin'humand of them
10man(was he) who
11akhadhathuseized himاخذ
12l-ṣayḥatuthe awful cryصيح
13wamin'humand of them
14man(was he) who
15khasafnāWe caused to swallowخسف
16bihihim
17l-arḍathe earthارض
18wamin'humand of them
19man(was he) who
20aghraqnāWe drownedغرق
21wamāAnd not
22kānawasكون
23l-lahuAllah
24liyaẓlimahumto wrong themظلم
25walākinbut
26kānūthey wereكون
27anfusahumthemselvesنفس
28yaẓlimūnadoing wrongظلم
  • Aisha Bewley

    We seized each one of them for their wrong actions. Against some We sent a sudden squall of stones; some of them were seized by the Great Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We drowned. Allah did not wrong them; rather they wronged themselves.

  • Progressive Muslims

    We took each by his sins. Some of them We sent upon him violent winds, some of them were taken by the scream, some of them We caused the Earth to swallow, and some of them We drowned. God is not the One who wronged them; it is they who wronged themselves.

  • Shabbir Ahmed

    For, every one of them We took to task for his trailing behind in human virtue. And so, upon some of them We let loose a deadly storm wind; and some of them were overtaken by a sudden blast; and some of them We caused to be swallowed by the earth; and some of them We caused to drown. And it was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves. (The Law of Requital never discriminates between people, whether individuals or nations).

  • Sam Gerrans The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

    And each We took for his transgression; and among them was he upon whom We sent a storm of stones; and among them was he whom the Blast seized; and among them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow; and among them was he whom We drowned. And God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

  • The Monotheist Group The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

    We took each by his sins. Some of them We sent upon him violent winds, some of them were taken by the scream, some of them We caused the earth to swallow, and some of them We drowned. God is not the One who wronged them; it is they who wronged themselves.

  • Edip-Layth Quran: A Reformist Translation

    We took each by his sins. Some of them We sent upon violent winds, some of them were taken by the scream, some of them We caused the earth to swallow, and some of them We drowned. God is not the One who wronged them; it is they who wronged themselves.

  • Rashad Khalifa The Final Testament

    All those disbelievers were doomed as a consequence of their sins. Some of them we annihilated by violent winds, some were annihilated by the quake, some we caused the earth to swallow, and some we drowned. GOD is not the One who wronged them; it is they who wronged their own souls.

  • Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

    And We seized all of them for their crimes. Against some We sent a violent wind hurling stones, and some We seized with a mighty blast, and some We submerged under the earth, and some We drowned. It was not for God to wrong them, they wronged themselves.

  • Sahih International (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

    So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast , and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

  • Muhammad Asad

    For, every one of them, did We take to task for his sin: and so, upon some of them We let loose a deadly storm wind; and some of them were overtaken by a blast; and some of them We caused to be swallowed by the earth: and some of them We caused to drown. And it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves.

  • Marmaduke Pickthall

    So We took each one in his sin; of them was he on whom We sent a hurricane, and of them was he who was overtaken by the (Awful) Cry, and of them was he whom We caused the earth to swallow, and of them was he whom We drowned. It was not for Allah to wrong them, but they wronged themselves.

  • Abul A'la Maududi Tafhim commentary

    So We seized each for their sin. We let loose upon some a violent tornado with showers of stones;* some were overtaken by a mighty Cry;* some were caused to be swallowed up by the earth,* and some We drowned.* Allah would not wrong them, but it is they who wronged themselves.*

  • Abdel Khalek Himmat Al- Muntakhab

    Each one of them did We penalize with what was commensurate with his evil deed. Among them were those against whom We sent a whirlwind and sand dunes and those who were overtaken by a merciless blast and those whom We eclipsed in one swallow by the yawning chasm We created beneath them and among them were those whom We drowned. And never was it Allah's attribute to do them injustice but it was they who wronged themselves.

  • Bijan Moeinian

    All the above mentioned wicked people tasted the result of their wrongdoings. To some I sent a wind to rain the stones on them, against some I sent the earthquake, some were sank underground and some were drowned. God was not unjust to them; they themselves chose to betray their own souls.

  • Al-Hilali & Khan

    So We punished each (of them) for his sins; of them were some on whom We sent Hâsib (a violent wind with shower of stones) , and of them were some who were overtaken by As-Saihah , and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow , and of them were some whom We drowned . It was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.

  • Abdullah Yusuf Ali

    Each one of them We seized for his crime: of them, against some We sent a violent tornado (with showers of stones); some were caught by a (mighty) Blast; some We caused the earth to swallow up; and some We drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who injured (or oppressed) them:" They injured (and oppressed) their own souls.

  • Mustafa Khattab The Clear Quran

    So We seized each ˹people˺ for their sin: against some of them We sent a storm of stones, some were overtaken by a ˹mighty˺ blast, some We caused the earth to swallow, and some We drowned. Allah would not have wronged them, but it was they who wronged themselves.

  • Taqi Usmani

    Thus We seized each one of them for his sin. So to some of them We sent a violent wind; and some of them were seized by a Cry; and some of them We made to sink in the earth; and some of them We drowned. And Allah was not to do injustice to them, but they used to do injustice to their own selves.

  • Abdul Haleem

    and We punished each one of them for their sins: some We struck with a violent storm; some were overcome by a sudden blast; some We made the earth swallow; and some We drowned. It was not God who wronged them; they wronged themselves.

  • Arthur John Arberry

    Each We seized for his sin; and of them against some We loosed a squall of pebbles and some were seized by the Cry, and some We made the earth to swallow, and some We drowned; God would never wrong them, but they wronged themselves.

  • E. Henry Palmer

    And each of them we seized in his sin; and of them were some against whom we sent a sandstorm; and of them were some whom the noise seized; and of them were some with whom we cleaved the earth open; and of them were some we drowned: God would not have wronged them, but it was themselves they wronged.

  • Hamid S. Aziz

    And Korah, Pharaoh and Haman! Moses did come to them with clear signs, but they were inflated with pride in the earth. Yet they could not outstrip Us!

  • Mahmoud Ghali

    Then We took each one for his guilty (deed); so of them was he on whom We sent (a squall of) gravel and (some) whom the Shout took (away), and of them was he who was caved in (into) the earth, and some We drowned. And in no way, indeed, did Allah do (any) injustice to them, but they did injustice to themselves.

  • George Sale

    Every of them did We destroy in his sin. Against some of them We sent a violent wind: Some of them did a terrible noise from heaven destroy: Some of them did We cause the earth to swallow up: And some of them We drowned. Neither was God disposed to treat them unjustly; but they dealt unjustly with their own souls.

  • Syed Vickar Ahamed

    So We punished each one of them We caught for his crime: Against some of them, We sent a powerful storm (with showers of stones); And some of them were caught by a (mighty) Blast; Some We caused the earth to swallow up; And some We drowned (in the waters): It was not Allah Who wronged (or hurt) them: But they hurt (and injured) their own souls.

  • Amatul Rahman Omar

    In short We took each one of them to task for his sins. Against some of them We sent a violent storm of sand and stones while others were overtaken by a roaring blast and some others We made extinct in (the bowls of) the earth, and yet others We drowned. It was far from Allâh to have done injustice to them. Rather they were doing wrong to themselves.

  • Ali Quli Qarai

    So We seized each for his sin: among them were those upon whom We unleashed a rain of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the Cry, and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. It was not Allah who wronged them, but it was they who used to wrong themselves.