ٱلْأَنْفَال : ٥٢

  • كَدَأۡبِ Like (the) way
  • ءَالِ (of) people
  • فِرۡعَوۡنَ (of) Firaun
  • وَٱلَّذِينَ and those who
  • مِن (were) from
  • قَبۡلِهِمۡۚ before them
  • كَفَرُواْ They disbelieved
  • بِـَٔايَٰتِ in (the) Signs
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • فَأَخَذَهُمُ so seized them
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • بِذُنُوبِهِمۡۚ for their sins
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • قَوِيّٞ (is) All-Strong
  • شَدِيدُ (and) severe
  • ٱلۡعِقَابِ (in) the penalty
[Theirs is] like the custom of the people of Pharaoh and of those before them. They disbelieved in the signs of Allāh, so Allāh seized them for their sins. Indeed, Allāh is Powerful and severe in penalty.
The way of these people is, like the way of Pharaoh's folk and those before them: they disbelieved in God's signs and so God seized them, with chastisement, because of their sins (the sentence beginning with kafaroo, 'they disbelieved', explains the previous one). Truly, God is strong, in what He wills, severe in retribution.