6: Surah Al-An'aam - Part 18
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وَلَقَدْ
walaqad
And certainly
أَرْسَلْنَآ
arsalnā
We sent (Messengers)
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أُمَمٍۢ
umamin
nations
مِّن
min
from
قَبْلِكَ
qablika
before you
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم
fa-akhadhnāhum
then We seized them
بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ
bil-basāi
with adversity
وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ
wal-ḍarāi
and hardship
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
so that they may
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
yataḍarraʿūna
humble themselves
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فَلَوْلَآ
falawlā
Then why not
إِذْ
idh
when
جَآءَهُم
jāahum
came to them
بَأْسُنَا
basunā
Our punishment
تَضَرَّعُوا۟
taḍarraʿū
they humbled themselves
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
But
قَسَتْ
qasat
became hardened
قُلُوبُهُمْ
qulūbuhum
their hearts
وَزَيَّنَ
wazayyana
and made fair-seeming
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ
l-shayṭānu
the Shaitaan
مَا
what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they used to
يَعْمَلُونَ
yaʿmalūna
do
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فَلَمَّا
falammā
So when
نَسُوا۟
nasū
they forgot
مَا
what
ذُكِّرُوا۟
dhukkirū
they were reminded
بِهِۦ
bihi
of [it]
فَتَحْنَا
fataḥnā
We opened
عَلَيْهِمْ
ʿalayhim
on them
أَبْوَٰبَ
abwāba
gates
كُلِّ
kulli
(of) every
شَىْءٍ
shayin
thing
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
until
إِذَا
idhā
when
فَرِحُوا۟
fariḥū
they rejoiced
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أُوتُوٓا۟
ūtū
they were given
أَخَذْنَـٰهُم
akhadhnāhum
We seized them
بَغْتَةًۭ
baghtatan
suddenly
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
and then
هُم
hum
they
مُّبْلِسُونَ
mub'lisūna
(were) dumbfounded
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