ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون : ٧٦

  • وَلَقَدۡ And verily
  • أَخَذۡنَٰهُم We seized them
  • بِٱلۡعَذَابِ with the punishment
  • فَمَا but not
  • ٱسۡتَكَانُواْ they submit
  • لِرَبِّهِمۡ to their Lord
  • وَمَا and not
  • يَتَضَرَّعُونَ they supplicate humbly
And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]
And We have already seized them with chastisement, [with] hunger, yet they did not humble themselves to their Lord, nor did they devote themselves to prayer, [nor] did they seek [the pleasure of] God through supplication.