Skip to content
Ummah
SearchCheck a hadithEncyclopediaAlready checked
FRENع

Surah Al-Anfaal · سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْفَالِ · Juz 10

Q 8:52

كَدَأْبِ ءَالِ فِرْعَوْنَ ۙ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

Translations

[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allah, so Allah seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and severe in penalty.
Sahih International · EN
Il en fut de même des gens de Pharaon et ceux qui avant eux n'avaient pas cru aux signes (enseignements) d'Allah. Allah les saisit pour leurs péchés. Allah est certes Fort et sévère en punition.
Muhammad Hamidullah · FR

Tafsir

These disbelievers were not the only ones to be punished this way; rather, it is Allah’s way of dealing with disbelievers in every time and place. The people of Pharaoh and the communities before them were also punished like this when they disbelieved in Allah’s words. Allah punished them for their sins with His might and power. Allah is Strong and cannot be overpowered or defeated. His punishment for those who go against Him is severe.

Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir al-Quran · Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies
Read Ibn Kathir (Ibn Kathir (abridged, English))
Similar to the behavior of the people of Fir'awn, and of those before them – they rejected the Ayat of Allah, so Allah punished them for their sins. Verily, Allah is All-Strong, severe in punishment (52) Allah says, 'The behavior of these rebellious disbelievers against what I sent you with, O Muhammad, is similar to the behavior of earlier disbelieving nations. So We behaved with them according to Our Da'b, that is, Our behavior [or custom] and way, as We did with them with what We often do and decide concerning their likes, the denying people of Fir'awn and the earlier nations who rejected the Messengers and disbelieved in Our Ayat,' فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ (so Allah punished them for their sins.) Because of their sins, Allah destroyed them إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَوِيٌّ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ (Verily, Allah is All-Strong, severe in punishment.) none can resist Him or escape His grasp.

Arabic text: Tanzil (Uthmani). Translations: Sahih International (en), Muhammad Hamidullah (fr). tanzil.net