Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 32 (8:32)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً …

Quran 8:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 9, on page 180 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:32
وَإِذْقَالُوا۟ٱللَّهُمَّإِنكَانَهَٰذَاهُوَٱلْحَقَّمِنْعِندِكَفَأَمْطِرْعَلَيْنَاحِجَارَةًمِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِأَوِٱئْتِنَابِعَذَابٍأَلِيمٍ٣٢
wa-idh qālū l-lahuma in kāna hādhā huwa l-ḥaqa min ʿindika fa-amṭir ʿalaynā ḥijāratan mina l-samāi awi i'tinā biʿadhābin alīmin

And [remember] when they said, "O Allāh, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."(32)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  3. ٱللَّهُمَّl-lahumaO Allah
  4. إِنinIf
  5. كَانَkānawas
  6. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  7. هُوَhuwa[it]
  8. ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqathe truth
  9. مِنْmin[of]
  10. عِندِكَʿindikafrom You
  11. فَأَمْطِرْfa-amṭirthen (send) rain
  12. عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāupon us
  13. حِجَارَةًḥijāratan(of) stones
  14. مِّنَminafrom
  15. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  16. أَوِawior
  17. ٱئْتِنَاi'tinābring (upon) us
  18. بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābina punishment
  19. أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

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