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Surah An-Nazi’at, Verse 25

سورة النازعات، الآية ٢٥

79:25 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 584 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 79:25

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ ۝٢٥

Transliteration

fa-akhadhahu l-lahu nakāla l-ākhirati wal-ūlā

Translation

So Allāh seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].1844.

Notes

[1844] i.e., for Pharaoh's setting himself up as a deity and for his previous oppression of the people and denial of Moses.

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Tafsir of verse 25

Al-Mukhtasar

So Allah seized him and punished him in the world by drowning him in the sea, and He will punish him in the afterlife by entering him into the severest punishment.

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Other translations of verse 25

So Allah seized him for an exemplary punishment in this life and in the Hereafter10.

Notes

[10] Or for his claim of being the greatest god and for his previous oppression of the Children of Israel.

So Allâh, seized him with punishment for his last1 and first2 transgression. [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Notes

[1] (V.79:25) Last i.e. his saying: "I am your lord, most high" (See Verse 79:24)
[2] (V.79:25) First i.e. his saying, "O chiefs! I know not that you have a god other than I" (See Verse 28:38)

So Allah seized him (and made him) an example for the after (life) and for the former.

But Allah did punish him, (and made an) example of him, - in the Hereafter, as in this life.

So Allah seized him with the punishment of the hereafter and the former life.

Then Allah took him (away) with the torture of the Hereafter and the First (life).

Verse 25 word by word

  1. فَأَخَذَهُ fa-akhadhahu So seized him أ خ ذ
  2. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  3. نَكَالَ nakāla (with) an exemplary punishment ن ك ل
  4. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati (for) the last أ خ ر
  5. وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ wal-ūlā and the first أ و ل

Verses related to verse 25

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Hud 11:99

    وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَٰذِهِۦ لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ بِئْسَ ٱلرِّفْدُ ٱلْمَرْفُودُ

    And they were followed in this [world] with a curse and on the Day of Resurrection. And wretched is the gift which is given.

  • Al-Qasas 28:41

    وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَدْعُونَ إِلَى ٱلنَّارِ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    And We made them leaders inviting to the Fire, and on the Day of Resurrection they will not be helped.

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