Surah Al-Furqan (الفرقان) • The Criterion

Quran 25:40

25:40

وَلَقَدْ أَتَوْا۟ عَلَى ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِىٓ أُمْطِرَتْ مَطَرَ ٱلسَّوْءِ ۚ أَفَلَمْ يَكُونُوا۟ يَرَوْنَهَا ۚ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ نُشُورًا

walaqad ataw ʿalā l-qaryati allatī um'ṭirat maṭara l-sawi afalam yakūnū yarawnahā bal kānū lā yarjūna nushūran

And they have already come upon the town which was showered with a rain of evil [i.e., stones]. So have they not seen it? But they are not expecting resurrection.

— Saheeh International

These disbelievers must have passed by the town that was destroyed by the terrible rain––did they not see it? Yet they do not expect to be raised from the dead.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And indeed they have passed by the town [of Prophet Lût (Lot)] on which was rained the evil rain. Did they (disbelievers) not then see it (with their own eyes)? Nay! But they used not to expect any resurrection.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd verily
أَتَوْا۟atawthey have come
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
ٱلَّتِىٓallatīwhich
أُمْطِرَتْum'ṭiratwas showered
مَطَرَmaṭara(with) a rain
ٱلسَّوْءِۚl-sawi(of) evil
أَفَلَمْafalamThen do not
يَكُونُوا۟yakūnūthey [were]
يَرَوْنَهَاۚyarawnahāsee it
بَلْbalNay
كَانُوا۟kānūthey are
لَاlānot
يَرْجُونَyarjūnaexpecting
نُشُورًۭاnushūranResurrection