Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 34 (16:34)

ٱلنَّحْل

فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَئَِّاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Quran 16:34 is ayah 34 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 270 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:34
فَأَصَابَهُمْسَئَِّاتُمَاعَمِلُوا۟وَحَاقَبِهِممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ٣٤
fa-aṣābahum sayyiātu mā ʿamilū waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.(34)

Word by word

  1. فَأَصَابَهُمْfa-aṣābahumThen struck them
  2. سَئَِّاتُsayyiātu(the) evil (results)
  3. مَاmā(of) what
  4. عَمِلُوا۟ʿamilūthey did
  5. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand surrounded
  6. بِهِمbihimthem
  7. مَّاmāwhat
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
  9. بِهِۦbihi[of it]
  10. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock

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