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Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 44 (22:44)

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وَأَصْحَٰبُ مَدْيَنَ ۖ وَكُذِّبَ مُوسَىٰ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ …

Quran 22:44 is ayah 44 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 337 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:44
وَأَصْحَٰبُمَدْيَنَ ۖوَكُذِّبَمُوسَىٰفَأَمْلَيْتُلِلْكَٰفِرِينَثُمَّأَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖفَكَيْفَكَانَنَكِيرِ٤٤
wa-aṣḥābu madyana wakudhiba mūsā fa-amlaytu lil'kāfirīna thumma akhadhtuhum fakayfa kāna nakīri

And the inhabitants of Madyan. And Moses was denied, so I prolonged enjoyment for the disbelievers; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My reproach.(44)

Word by word

  1. وَأَصْحَٰبُwa-aṣḥābuAnd the inhabitants
  2. مَدْيَنَ ۖmadyana(of) Madyan
  3. وَكُذِّبَwakudhibaAnd Musa was denied
  4. مُوسَىٰmūsāAnd Musa was denied
  5. فَأَمْلَيْتُfa-amlaytuso I granted respite
  6. لِلْكَٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers
  7. ثُمَّthummathen
  8. أَخَذْتُهُمْ ۖakhadhtuhumI seized them
  9. فَكَيْفَfakayfaand how
  10. كَانَkānawas
  11. نَكِيرِnakīriMy punishment

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