وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,

Al Muminoon 23:76

PICKTHALL ENGLISH MEANING

“Already have We grasped them with punishment, but they humble not themselves unto their Lord, nor do they pray,”

Arabic Quran text from the Tanzil Project, reproduced verbatim. English meaning by Marmaduke Pickthall. Translation is not a replacement for the Arabic Quran.

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