Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 12 (21:12)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

Quran 21:12 is ayah 12 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 323 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:12
فَلَمَّآأَحَسُّوا۟بَأْسَنَآإِذَاهُممِّنْهَايَرْكُضُونَ١٢
falammā aḥassū basanā idhā hum min'hā yarkuḍūna

And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.(12)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّآfalammāThen when
  2. أَحَسُّوا۟aḥassūthey perceived
  3. بَأْسَنَآbasanāOur torment
  4. إِذَاidhābehold
  5. هُمhumthey
  6. مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  7. يَرْكُضُونَyarkuḍūnawere fleeing

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