Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:85

27:85

وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

wawaqaʿa l-qawlu ʿalayhim bimā ẓalamū fahum lā yanṭiqūna

And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

— Saheeh International

The verdict will be given against them because of their wrongdoing: they will not speak.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And the Word (of torment) will be fulfilled against them, because they have done wrong, and they will be unable to speak (in order to defend themselves).

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

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Word by Word

وَوَقَعَwawaqaʿaAnd (will be) fulfilled
ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawluthe word
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst them
بِمَاbimābecause
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūthey wronged
فَهُمْfahumand they
لَاlā(will) not
يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūnaspeak