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Surah Al-Furqan, Ayah 40 (25:40)

ٱلْفُرْقَان

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ …

Quran 25:40 is ayah 40 of Surah Al-Furqan (“The Criterion”), a Meccan surah of 77 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 363 of the Madani Mushaf.

25:40
وَلَقَدْأَتَوْا۟عَلَىٱلْقَرْيَةِٱلَّتِىٓأُمْطِرَتْمَطَرَٱلسَّوْءِ ۚأَفَلَمْيَكُونُوا۟يَرَوْنَهَا ۚبَلْكَانُوا۟لَايَرْجُونَنُشُورًا٤٠
walaqad ataw ʿalā l-qaryati allatī um'ṭirat maṭara l-sawi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūran

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.(40)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
  2. أَتَوْا۟atawthey have come
  3. عَلَىʿalāupon
  4. ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
  5. ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
  6. أُمْطِرَتْum'ṭiratwas showered
  7. مَطَرَmaṭara(with) a rain
  8. ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚl-sawi(of) evil
  9. أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
  10. يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey [were]
  11. يَرَوْنَهَا ۚyarawnahāsee it
  12. بَلْbalNay
  13. كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
  14. لَاlānot
  15. يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpecting
  16. نُشُورًاnushūranResurrection

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