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Surah Al-Anfal, Ayah 52 (8:52)

ٱلْأَنْفَال

كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ ۙ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ …

Quran 8:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Al-Anfal (“The Spoils of War”), a Medinan surah of 75 ayahs. It is in Juz 10, on page 183 of the Madani Mushaf.

8:52
كَدَأْبِءَالِفِرْعَوْنَ ۙوَٱلَّذِينَمِنقَبْلِهِمْ ۚكَفَرُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِفَأَخَذَهُمُٱللَّهُبِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗإِنَّٱللَّهَقَوِىٌّشَدِيدُٱلْعِقَابِ٥٢
kadabi āli fir'ʿawna wa-alladhīna min qablihim kafarū biāyāti l-lahi fa-akhadhahumu l-lahu bidhunūbihim inna l-laha qawiyyun shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allāh, so Allāh seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and severe in penalty.(52)

Word by word

  1. كَدَأْبِkadabiLike (the) way
  2. ءَالِāli(of) people
  3. فِرْعَوْنَ ۙfir'ʿawna(of) Firaun
  4. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  5. مِنmin(were) from
  6. قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihimbefore them
  7. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūThey disbelieved
  8. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs
  9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  10. فَأَخَذَهُمُfa-akhadhahumuso seized them
  11. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  12. بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗbidhunūbihimfor their sins
  13. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  14. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  15. قَوِىٌّqawiyyun(is) All-Strong
  16. شَدِيدُshadīdu(and) severe
  17. ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi(in) the penalty

Tafsir (commentary) of 8:52

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

Allah says, `The behavior of these rebellious disbelievers against what I sent you with, O Muhammad, is similar to the behavior of earlier disbelieving nations. So We behaved with them according to Our Da'b, that is, Our behavior or custom and way, as We did with them with what We often do and decide concerning their likes, the denying people of Fir`awn and the earlier nations who rejected the Messengers and disbelieved in Our Ayat,'

فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ

(so Allah punished them for their sins.)

Because of their sins, Allah destroyed them

إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ

(Verily, Allah is All-Strong, severe in punishment.)

none can resist Him or escape His grasp.

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