Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 40 (51:40)

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فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

Quran 51:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 522 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:40
فَأَخَذْنَٰهُوَجُنُودَهُۥفَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْفِىٱلْيَمِّوَهُوَمُلِيمٌ٤٠
fa-akhadhnāhu wajunūdahu fanabadhnāhum fī l-yami wahuwa mulīmun

So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.(40)

Word by word

  1. فَأَخَذْنَٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuSo We took him
  2. وَجُنُودَهُۥwajunūdahuand his hosts
  3. فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْfanabadhnāhumand threw them
  4. فِىfīinto
  5. ٱلْيَمِّl-yamithe sea
  6. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
  7. مُلِيمٌmulīmun(was) blameworthy

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