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Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 42

سورة القمر، الآية ٤٢

54:42 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 530 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 54:42

كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

Transliteration

kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin

Translation

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

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Verse 42 of Surah Al-Qamar (54:42), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 530 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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They denied the proof and evidence that came to them from Me, so I punished them for their denial thereof with the punishment of a Mighty One whom none can overpower, a Powerful One who is not unable to do anything.

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Other translations of verse 42

But they rejected all of Our signs, so We seized them with the grip of the All-Mighty, Most Powerful.

(They) belied all Our Signs, so We seized them with a Seizure of the All-Mighty, All-Capable (Omnipotent).

Who denied Our revelations, every one. Therefore We grasped them with the grasp of the Mighty, the Powerful.

The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

They rejected all Our communications, so We overtook them after the manner of a Mighty, Powerful One.

They cried lies to Our signs, all of them, so We took them (away) with the taking of an Ever-Mighty, Supreme Determiner.

Verse 42 word by word

  1. كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhabū They denied ك ذ ب
  2. بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا biāyātinā Our Signs أ ي ي
  3. كُلِّهَا kullihā all of them ك ل ل
  4. فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ fa-akhadhnāhum so We seized them أ خ ذ
  5. أَخْذَ akhdha (with) a seizure أ خ ذ
  6. عَزِيزٍ ʿazīzin (of) All-Mighty ع ز ز
  7. مُّقْتَدِرٍ muq'tadirin (the) Powerful One ق د ر

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