Surah Ali 'Imran

Quran 3:11

Read Quran 3:11 from Surah Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 3:11

كَدَأْبِ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَالَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا فَأَخَذَهُمُ اللَّهُ بِذُنُوبِهِمْ ۗ وَاللَّهُ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ١١

Like Pharaoh's folk and those who were before them, they disbelieved Our revelations and so Allah seized them for their sins. And Allah is severe in punishment.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
3. Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)
Ayah
11 of 200
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
3:11

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 3:11

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

كما جرى لفرعون ومن قبله ومن بعدهم من الفراعنة العتاة الطغاة أرباب الأموال والجنود لما كذبوا بآيات الله وجحدوا ما جاءت به الرسل وعاندوا، أخذهم الله بذنوبهم عدلا منه لا ظلما والله شديد العقاب على من أتى بأسباب العقاب وهو الكفر والذنوب على اختلاف أنواعها وتعدد مراتبها