Quran 67:18

Surah Al-Mulk, Verse 18

Juz 29 · Page 563 · Section 2 of 2 · Meccan

وَلَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. Play with 39 reciters, repeat and speed control.

Word by word

وَلَقَدْ walaqad And indeed كَذَّبَ kadhaba denied ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those مِن min from قَبْلِهِمْ qablihim before them فَكَيْفَ fakayfa and how كَانَ kāna was نَكِيرِ nakīri My rejection

Transliteration

Walaqad kaththaba allatheenamin qablihim fakayfa kana nakeer

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

And verily those before them denied, then (see) the manner of My wrath (with them)!

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But indeed men before them rejected (My warning): then how (terrible) was My rejection (of them)?

Context · verses 15–18

The earth made easy — and the warning. Allah made the earth subservient so people can travel and seek provision, which does not contradict reliance on Him; yet He could cause it to swallow them, as earlier nations who denied were punished. Read the explanation.

تفسير ابن كثير — Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr (Arabic)

ثم قال : ( ولقد كذب الذين من قبلهم ) أي : من الأمم السالفة والقرون الخالية ، ( فكيف كان نكير ) أي : فكيف كان إنكاري عليهم ومعاقبتي لهم ؟ أي : عظيما شديدا أليما .