Surah Al-Anbya — Verse 41

The Prophets · 21:41 · 41/112

وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Walaqadi istuhzi-a birusulin min qablika fahaqabillatheena sakhiroo minhum ma kanoobihi yastahzi-oon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Messengers before you [Muhammad] were also ridiculed, but those who mocked them were overwhelmed in the end by the very thing they had mocked.

Marmaduke Pickthall

Messengers before thee, indeed, were mocked, but that whereat they mocked surrounded those who scoffed at them.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Mocked were (many) messenger before thee; But their scoffers were hemmed in by the thing that they mocked.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

In fact, messengers have been mocked at prior to you. So those who laughed at them were besieged by what they used to ridicule.

Al-Hilali & Khan

Indeed, (many) Messengers were mocked before you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), but the scoffers were surrounded by that, whereat they used to mock.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Other Messengers before you were also mocked, but those who scoffed at the Messengers were overtaken by the same scourge that they had scoffed at.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And, indeed, [O Muhammad, even] before thy time have [God’s] apostles been derided - but those who scoffed at them were [in the end] overwhelmed by the very thing which they had been wont to deride.