Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 102
وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَآ أَخَذَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَهِىَ ظَٰلِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُۥٓ أَلِيمٌۭ شَدِيدٌ
Castiga così il tuo Signore, quando colpisce le città che hanno agito ingiustamente. È, invero, un castigo doloroso e severo.
wakadhālika akhdhu rabbika idhā akhadha l-qurā wahiya ẓālimatun inna akhdhahu alīmun shadīdun
Word by word
- وَكَذَٰلِكَ wakadhālika And thus
- أَخْذُ akhdhu (is) the seizure (of) your Lord
- رَبِّكَ rabbika (is) the seizure (of) your Lord
- إِذَآ idhā when
- أَخَذَ akhadha He seizes
- ٱلْقُرَىٰ l-qurā the cities
- وَهِىَ wahiya while they
- ظَـٰلِمَةٌ ۚ ẓālimatun (are) doing wrong
- إِنَّ inna Indeed
- أَخْذَهُۥٓ akhdhahu His seizure
- أَلِيمٌۭ alīmun (is) painful
- شَدِيدٌ shadīdun (and) severe
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ
(Verily, His punishment is painful (and) severe.) In the Two Sahihs, it is recorded that Abu Musa said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,
«إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُمْلِي لِلظَّالِمِ حَتَّى إِذَا أَخَذَهُ لَمْ يُفْلِتْه»
(Verily, Allah gives respite to a wrongdoer until He seizes him and he cannot escape.) Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recited,
وَكَذلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَى وَهِىَ ظَـلِمَةٌ
(Such is the punishment of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are doing wrong. )