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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 34

سورة النحل، الآية ٣٤

16:34 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 270 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:34

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ ۝٣٤

Transliteration

fa-aṣābahum sayyiātu mā ʿamilū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

Translation

So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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Verse 34 of Surah An-Nahl (16:34), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 270 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 34

Al-Mukhtasar

So the retribution of the actions they used to do came down on them and they were surrounded by the punishment they used to mock at whenever they were reminded of it.

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Other translations of verse 34

They were afflicted by the evil consequences of their deeds, and they were overwhelmed by what they used to ridicule.

Then, the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that at which they used to mock at surrounded them.

So that the evils of what they did smote them, and that which they used to mock surrounded them.

But the evil results of their deeds overtook them, and that very (Wrath) at which they had scoffed hemmed them in.

So the evil (consequences) of what they did shall afflict them and that which they mocked shall encompass them.

So the odious (deeds) that they did afflicted them, and that which they used to mock (Or: they were mocking) redounded on them.

Verse 34 word by word

  1. فَأَصَابَهُمْ fa-aṣābahum Then struck them ص و ب
  2. سَيِّـَٔاتُ sayyiātu (the) evil (results) س و أ
  3. مَا mā (of) what
  4. عَمِلُوا۟ ʿamilū they did ع م ل
  5. وَحَاقَ waḥāqa and surrounded ح ي ق
  6. بِهِم bihim them
  7. مَّا mā what
  8. كَانُوا۟ kānū they used (to) ك و ن
  9. بِهِۦ bihi [of it]
  10. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ yastahziūna mock ه ز أ

Verses related to verse 34

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • At-Tur 52:14

    هَٰذِهِ ٱلنَّارُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُم بِهَا تُكَذِّبُونَ

    "This is the Fire which you used to deny.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • Al-Jathiyah 45:33

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Hud 11:8

    وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُۥٓ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And if We hold back from them the punishment for a limited time, they will surely say, "What detains it?" Unquestionably, on the Day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Az-Zumar 39:48

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Ghafir 40:83

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:26

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰهُمْ فِيمَآ إِن مَّكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَٰرًا وَأَفْـِٔدَةً فَمَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَآ أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَلَآ أَفْـِٔدَتُهُم مِّن شَىْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا۟ يَجْحَدُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And We had certainly established them in such as We have not established you, and We made for them hearing and vision and hearts [i.e., intellect]. But their hearing and vision and hearts availed them not from anything [of the punishment] when they were [continually] rejecting the signs of Allāh; and they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:6

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they have already denied, but there will come to them the news of that which they used to ridicule.

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