Surah Al-Ahqaf (الأحقاف) • The Wind-Curved Sandhills

Quran 46:24

46:24

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ عَارِضًا مُّسْتَقْبِلَ أَوْدِيَتِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ هَـٰذَا عَارِضٌ مُّمْطِرُنَا ۚ بَلْ هُوَ مَا ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُم بِهِۦ ۖ رِيحٌ فِيهَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

falammā ra-awhu ʿāriḍan mus'taqbila awdiyatihim qālū hādhā ʿāriḍun mum'ṭirunā bal huwa mā is'taʿjaltum bihi rīḥun fīhā ʿadhābun alīmun

And when they saw it as a cloud approaching their valleys, they said, "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Rather, it is that for which you were impatient: a wind, within it a painful punishment,

— Saheeh International

When they saw a cloud approaching their valley, they said, ‘This cloud will give us rain!’ ‘No indeed! It is what you wanted to hasten: a storm-wind bearing a painful punishment

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then, when they saw it as a dense cloud coming towards their valleys, they said: "This is a cloud bringing us rain!" Nay, but it is that (torment) which you were asking to be hastened - a wind wherein is a painful torment!

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

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāThen when
رَأَوْهُra-awhuthey saw it
عَارِضًۭاʿāriḍan(as) a cloud
مُّسْتَقْبِلَmus'taqbilaapproaching
أَوْدِيَتِهِمْawdiyatihimtheir valleys
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
عَارِضٌۭʿāriḍun(is) a cloud
مُّمْطِرُنَاۚmum'ṭirunābringing us rain
بَلْbalNay
هُوَhuwait
مَاmā(is) what
ٱسْتَعْجَلْتُمis'taʿjaltumyou were asking it to be hastened
بِهِۦۖbihiyou were asking it to be hastened
رِيحٌۭrīḥuna wind
فِيهَاfīhāin it
عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful