15:78

وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَـٰلِمِينَ

Word by word

وَإِن

And were

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix

إِنPreposition — particle of certainty

كَانَ

And were

Verb

Root: كون

Grammar (i'rab)

كَانَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. sing.

أَصْحَٰبُ

(the) companions

Noun

Root: صحب

Grammar (i'rab)

أَصْحَٰبُNoun — masc. plur.، nominative

ٱلْأَيْكَةِ

(of) the wood

Preposition

Grammar (i'rab)

ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix

أَيْكَةِNoun — genitive

لَظَٰلِمِينَ

surely wrongdoers

Noun

Root: ظلم

Grammar (i'rab)

لَPreposition — emphasis، prefix

ظَٰلِمِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative

Translation

And the Companions of the Wood were also wrong-doers;

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

The forest-dwellers, too, were wrongdoers

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

And the dwellers in the wood indeed were evil-doers.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

And the companions of the thicket [i.e., the people of Madyan] were [also] wrongdoers,

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

Eykeliler de, şüphesiz zalim kimselerdi.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Eyke halkı da gerçekten zalimlerdi.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Eyke halkı da zalimdi.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

وقد كان أصحاب المدينة الملتفة الشجر -وهم قوم شعيب- ظالمين لأنفسهم لكفرهم بالله ورسولهم الكريم، فانتقمنا منهم بالرجفة وعذاب يوم الظلة، وإن مساكن قوم لوط وشعيب لفي طريق واضح يمرُّ بهما الناس في سفرهم فيعتبرون.

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