Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 42 (54:42)

ٱلْقَمَر

كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

Quran 54:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Al-Qamar (“The Moon”), a Meccan surah of 55 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 530 of the Madani Mushaf.

54:42
كَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَاكُلِّهَافَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْأَخْذَعَزِيزٍمُّقْتَدِرٍ٤٢
kadhabū biāyātinā kullihā fa-akhadhnāhum akhdha ʿazīzin muq'tadirin

They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.(42)

Word by word

  1. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūThey denied
  2. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Signs
  3. كُلِّهَاkullihāall of them
  4. فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْfa-akhadhnāhumso We seized them
  5. أَخْذَakhdha(with) a seizure
  6. عَزِيزٍʿazīzin(of) All-Mighty
  7. مُّقْتَدِرٍmuq'tadirin(the) Powerful One

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