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Surah Fussilat, Verse 16

سورة فصلت، الآية ١٦

41:16 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 478 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 41:16

فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ نَّحِسَاتٍ لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَخْزَىٰ وَهُمْ لَا يُنصَرُونَ ۝١٦

Transliteration

fa-arsalnā ʿalayhim rīḥan ṣarṣaran fī ayyāmin naḥisātin linudhīqahum ʿadhāba l-khiz'yi fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akhzā wahum lā yunṣarūna

Translation

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

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Verse 16 of Surah Fussilat (41:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 478 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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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

So I sent upon them a wind that had with it a disturbing noise, on days of misfortune for them, due to the punishment which came to them. So that I may make them suffer a punishment of humiliation and disgrace in the world. And indeed, the punishment of the Hereafter that awaits them is more humiliating for them; they will not find anyone to help save them from the punishment.

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Other translations of verse 16

So We sent against them a roaring wind8 for several inauspicious days to make them taste a disgracing punishment in the life of this world, but the punishment of the Hereafter is far more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

Notes

[8] i.e., a screaming and furious wind.

So We sent upon them a furious wind in days of evil omen (for them) that We might give them a taste of disgracing torment in this present worldly life. But surely the torment of the Hereafter will be more disgracing, and they will never be helped.

Therefor We let loose on them a raging wind in evil days, that We might make them taste the torment of disgrace in the life of the world. And verily the doom of the Hereafter will be more shameful, and they will not be helped.

So We sent against them a furious Wind through days of disaster, that We might give them a taste of a Penalty of humiliation in this life; but the Penalty of a Hereafter will be more humiliating still: and they will find no help.

So We sent on them a furious wind in unlucky days, that We may make them taste the chastisement of abasement in this world's life; and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is much more abasing, and they shall not be helped.

Then We sent against them a most clamorous wind in days of ill-luck that We might let them taste the torment of disgrace in the present life; (Literally: the lowly life, i.e., the life of this world) and indeed the torment of the Hereafter is more disgraceful, and they will not be vindicated.

Verse 16 word by word

  1. فَأَرْسَلْنَا fa-arsalnā So We sent ر س ل
  2. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim upon them
  3. رِيحًا rīḥan a wind ر و ح
  4. صَرْصَرًا ṣarṣaran furious ص ر ص ر
  5. فِىٓ fī in
  6. أَيَّامٍ ayyāmin (the) days ي و م
  7. نَّحِسَاتٍ naḥisātin (of) misfortune ن ح س
  8. لِّنُذِيقَهُمْ linudhīqahum that We may make them taste ذ و ق
  9. عَذَابَ ʿadhāba (the) punishment ع ذ ب
  10. ٱلْخِزْىِ l-khiz'yi (of) disgrace خ ز ي
  11. فِى fī in
  12. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ l-ḥayati the life ح ي ي
  13. ٱلدُّنْيَا l-dun'yā (of) the world د ن و
  14. وَلَعَذَابُ walaʿadhābu And surely, (the) punishment ع ذ ب
  15. ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ l-ākhirati (of) the Hereafter أ خ ر
  16. أَخْزَىٰ akhzā (is) more disgracing خ ز ي
  17. وَهُمْ wahum and they
  18. لَا lā will not be helped
  19. يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna will not be helped ن ص ر

Verses related to verse 16

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Haqqah 69:6–7

    وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ …

    And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind …

  • Al-Qamar 54:19

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

Verses with similar wording

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  • Az-Zumar 39:26

    فَأَذَاقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخِزْىَ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

    So Allāh made them taste disgrace in worldly life. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:34

    لَّهُمْ عَذَابٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَشَقُّ وَمَا لَهُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَاقٍ

    For them will be punishment in the life of [this] world, and the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe. And they will not have from Allāh any protector.

  • Yunus 10:98

    فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ ءَامَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَٰنُهَآ إِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْخِزْىِ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

    Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.

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