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Translation Transliteration — At-Talaq

وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا ۝٨

🔤 Transliteration

Wa ka ayyim min qaryatin `atat `an amri Rabbihaa wa Rusulihee fahaasabnaahaa hisaaban shadeedanw wa `azzabnaahaa `azaaban nukraa

📖 Translation (English Meaning)

📖 English Meaning

And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.

🌐 Additional reference in Français

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Translation — Tafsir

Word Meanings:

ʿatat (عَتَتْ): To transgress, rebel, or arrogantly exceed the bounds of obedience.
ḥisāban shadīdan (حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا): A severe and rigorous reckoning, where no shortcoming is overlooked.
ʿadhāban nukran (عَذَابًا نُكْرًا): A dreadful, unprecedented, and horrifying punishment.

Explanation of the Verse:

How many towns and civilizations—past and present—have defied the command of their Lord and the commands of His messengers! Their people grew arrogant, turned away from the truth, and persisted in their rebellion and disbelief. They thought their power and wealth would protect them, but they were gravely mistaken.

When their transgression reached its peak, Allah brought them to account with a reckoning so severe that no sin was left unpunished, no deed was left unexamined. He then seized them with a punishment so terrible and unfamiliar that it stunned the senses—a torment unlike anything they had ever imagined or experienced. They tasted the bitter fruits of their own arrogance and defiance, and their ultimate end was utter ruin and loss—a loss beyond any worldly failure.

This verse serves as a timeless warning: no nation, however mighty, is beyond Allah’s reach. The same fate awaits those who persist in rebellion against their Creator. Yet, in His infinite mercy, Allah mentions this not to terrify alone, but to awaken hearts. He is swift in punishment, but He is also the Most Forgiving, the Most Merciful. The door of repentance remains open for every soul that turns back to Him before the reckoning comes.

A Call to Reflection:

Dear reader, let this verse stir your heart. The stories of past nations are not mere tales—they are lessons carved in history for us to ponder. Allah does not delight in destruction; He delights in the return of His servants. If you find yourself drifting from His commands, know that His mercy is vast, and His door is open. Return to Him today, before the account becomes severe. Seek His forgiveness, and you will find Him ever-ready to pardon. For He who destroyed the arrogant is the same Lord who embraces the repentant with boundless love and grace.

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📜 Verse 6-10 — At-Talaq

6أَسْكِنُوهُنَّ مِنْ حَيْثُ سَكَنتُم مِّن وُجْدِكُمْ وَلَا تُضَارُّوهُنَّ لِتُضَيِّقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ ۚ وَإِن كُنَّ أُولَاتِ حَمْلٍ فَأَنفِقُوا عَلَيْهِنَّ حَتَّىٰ يَضَعْنَ حَمْلَهُنَّ ۚ فَإِنْ أَرْضَعْنَ لَكُمْ فَآتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ ۖ وَأْتَمِرُوا بَيْنَكُم بِمَعْرُوفٍ ۖ وَإِن تَعَاسَرْتُمْ فَسَتُرْضِعُ لَهُ أُخْرَىٰ

Lodge them [in a section] of where you dwell out of your means and do not harm them in order to oppress them. And if they should be pregnant, then spend on them until they give birth. And if they breastfeed for you, then give them their payment and confer among yourselves in the acceptable way; but if you are in discord, then there may breastfeed for the father another woman.

7لِيُنفِقْ ذُو سَعَةٍ مِّن سَعَتِهِ ۖ وَمَن قُدِرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقُهُ فَلْيُنفِقْ مِمَّا آتَاهُ اللَّهُ ۚ لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا مَا آتَاهَا ۚ سَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ بَعْدَ عُسْرٍ يُسْرًا

Let a man of wealth spend from his wealth, and he whose provision is restricted - let him spend from what Allah has given him. Allah does not charge a soul except [according to] what He has given it. Allah will bring about, after hardship, ease.

8وَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ عَتَتْ عَنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّهَا وَرُسُلِهِ فَحَاسَبْنَاهَا حِسَابًا شَدِيدًا وَعَذَّبْنَاهَا عَذَابًا نُّكْرًا

And how many a city was insolent toward the command of its Lord and His messengers, so We took it to severe account and punished it with a terrible punishment.

9فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَاقِبَةُ أَمْرِهَا خُسْرًا

And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair, and the outcome of its affair was loss.

10أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا ۖ فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ يَا أُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ۚ قَدْ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكُمْ ذِكْرًا

Allah has prepared for them a severe punishment; so fear Allah, O you of understanding who have believed. Allah has sent down to you the Qur'an.

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Surah At-Talaq Verse 8 - Read, Listen, Translation, English : And how many a city was insolent toward the command…

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