Surah Ash-Shams, Ayah 14 (91:14)

ٱلشَّمْس

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَعَقَرُوهَا فَدَمْدَمَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَبُّهُم بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسَوَّىٰهَا

Quran 91:14 is ayah 14 of Surah Ash-Shams (“The Sun”), a Meccan surah of 15 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 595 of the Madani Mushaf.

91:14
فَكَذَّبُوهُفَعَقَرُوهَافَدَمْدَمَعَلَيْهِمْرَبُّهُمبِذَنۢبِهِمْفَسَوَّىٰهَا١٤
fakadhabūhu faʿaqarūhā fadamdama ʿalayhim rabbuhum bidhanbihim fasawwāhā

But they denied him and hamstrung her. So their Lord brought down upon them destruction for their sin and made it equal [upon all of them].(14)

Word by word

  1. فَكَذَّبُوهُfakadhabūhuBut they denied him
  2. فَعَقَرُوهَاfaʿaqarūhāand they hamstrung her
  3. فَدَمْدَمَfadamdamaSo destroyed
  4. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimthem
  5. رَبُّهُمrabbuhumtheir Lord
  6. بِذَنۢبِهِمْbidhanbihimfor their sin
  7. فَسَوَّىٰهَاfasawwāhāand leveled them

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