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Surah Ghafir, Ayah 83 (40:83)

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فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم …

Quran 40:83 is ayah 83 of Surah Ghafir (“The Forgiver”), a Meccan surah of 85 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 476 of the Madani Mushaf.

40:83
فَلَمَّاجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَرِحُوا۟بِمَاعِندَهُممِّنَٱلْعِلْمِوَحَاقَبِهِممَّاكَانُوا۟بِهِۦيَسْتَهْزِءُونَ٨٣
falammā jāathum rusuluhum bil-bayināti fariḥū bimā ʿindahum mina l-ʿil'mi waḥāqa bihim mā kānū bihi yastahziūna

And when their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they [merely] rejoiced in what they had of knowledge, but they were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.(83)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
  2. جَآءَتْهُمْjāathumcame to them
  3. رُسُلُهُمrusuluhumtheir Messengers
  4. بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
  5. فَرِحُوا۟fariḥūthey rejoiced
  6. بِمَاbimāin what
  7. عِندَهُمʿindahumthey had
  8. مِّنَminaof
  9. ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
  10. وَحَاقَwaḥāqaand enveloped
  11. بِهِمbihimthem
  12. مَّاmāwhat
  13. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  14. بِهِۦbihi[at it]
  15. يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūnamock

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