Al-Múminún 23:76 ولقد اخذناهم بالعذاب فما استكانوا لربهم وما يتضرعون ٧٦
وَلَقَدۡ
أَخَذۡنَٰهُم
بِٱلۡعَذَابِ
فَمَا
ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ
لِرَبِّهِمۡ
وَمَا
يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
٧٦
And We have already seized them with torment, but they never humbled themselves to their Lord, nor did they ˹submissively˺ appeal ˹to Him˺.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ
(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His saying:
فَمَا اسْتَكَانُواْ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ
(but they humbled not themselves to their Lord, nor did they invoke with submission to Him
…وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ
(And indeed We seized them with punishment,) means, `We tried and tested them with difficulties and calamities.' His
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