Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:48

43:48

وَمَا نُرِيهِم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ إِلَّا هِىَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukh'tihā wa-akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].

— Saheeh International

even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And not an Ayâh (sign, etc.) We showed them but it was greater than its fellow , and We seized them with torment, in order that they might turn [from their polytheism to Allâh’s religion (Islâmic Monotheism)].

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

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Word by Word

وَمَاwamāAnd not
نُرِيهِمnurīhimWe showed them
مِّنْminof
ءَايَةٍāyatina Sign
إِلَّاillābut
هِىَhiyait
أَكْبَرُakbaru(was) greater
مِنْminthan
أُخْتِهَاۖukh'tihāits sister
وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمwa-akhadhnāhumand We seized them
بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābiwith the punishment
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn