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 Surah Al-Qamar 54:41-44 [3/3] ↕
  
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وَلَقَدْAnd certainly
جَآءَcame
ءَالَ(to the) people
فِرْعَوْنَ(of) Firaun
ٱلنُّذُرُwarnings.
﴿٤١﴾
كَذَّبُواْThey denied
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِنَاOur Signs,
كُلِّهَاall of them,
فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمْso We seized them
أَخْذَ(with) a seizure
عَزِيزٍ(of) All-Mighty,
مُّقْتَدِرٍ(the) Powerful One.
﴿٤٢﴾
أَكُفَّارُكُمْAre your disbelievers,
خَيْرٌbetter
مِّنْthan
أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمْthose,
أَمْor
لَكُمfor you
بَرَآءَةٌ(is) an exemption
فِىin
ٱلزُّبُرِthe Scriptures?
﴿٤٣﴾
أَمْOr
يَقُولُونَ(do) they say,
نَحْنُ`We
جَمِيعٌ(are) an assembly
مُّنتَصِرٌhelping (each other)?`
﴿٤٤﴾

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ النُّذُرُ​ۚ‏  كَذَّبُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذۡنٰهُمۡ اَخۡذَ عَزِيۡزٍ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ‏   اَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرٌ مِّنۡ اُولٰٓـئِكُمۡ اَمۡ لَكُمۡ بَرَآءَةٌ فِى الزُّبُرِ​ۚ‏   اَمۡ يَقُوۡلُوۡنَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيۡعٌ مُّنۡتَصِرٌ‏ 
Translation
(54:41) Warnings also came to the Pharaonites, (54:42) but they gave the lie to Our Signs, to all of them. Thereupon We seized them with the seizing of the Most Mighty, the Most Powerful. (54:43) Are your unbelievers (of Makkah) any better than they?23 Or have you been granted any immunity in the Scriptures? (54:44) Or do they say: “We are a strong legion, strong enough for victory?”
Commentary

23. The address here is directed to the Quraish, as if to say: When the other nation have been punished for adopting disbelief and showing stubbornness and denying the truth, why would you not be punished if you adopted the same attitude and conduct. For, you are not a special people in any way.