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Qur’an 73:16 Al-Muzzammil, verse 16

فَعَصَىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ أَخْذًۭا وَبِيلًۭا

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Muzzammil (73)
Verse
16 of 20
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
574

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
فَعَصَىٰfaʿaṣāBut disobeyedع ص ي
فِرْعَوْنُfir'ʿawnuFiraun
ٱلرَّسُولَl-rasūlathe Messengerر س ل
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُfa-akhadhnāhuso We seized himأ خ ذ
أَخْذًۭاakhdhan(with) a seizureأ خ ذ
وَبِيلًۭاwabīlanruinousو ب ل

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 73:16 in Al-Muzzammil.

  • 73:14يَوْمَ تَرْجُفُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَٱلْجِبَالُ وَكَانَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَثِيبًۭا مَّهِيلًاOn the Day the earth and the mountains will convulse and the mountains will become a heap of sand pouring down.
  • 73:15إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ رَسُولًۭا شَٰهِدًا عَلَيْكُمْ كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ رَسُولًۭاIndeed, We have sent to you a Messenger as a witness upon you just as We sent to Pharaoh a messenger.
  • 73:17فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًۭا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًاThen how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?
  • 73:18ٱلسَّمَآءُ مُنفَطِرٌۢ بِهِۦ ۚ كَانَ وَعْدُهُۥ مَفْعُولًاThe heaven will break apart therefrom; ever is His promise fulfilled.

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