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Quran 39:48

Az-Zumar — The Groupsالزمر

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

And the evils that they earned will appear unto them, and that whereat they used to scoff will surround them.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall (1930)

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5 verses share an exact phrase of at least five Arabic words with this verse. Each link below shows the longest shared phrase for that pair; different pairs may share different phrases. Arabic pause marks are preserved in the text and ignored when matching.

  • Quran 11:8

    Hud — Hud

    Shared phrase

    وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    وَلَئِنْ أَخَّرْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ إِلَىٰ أُمَّةٍ مَّعْدُودَةٍ لَّيَقُولُنَّ مَا يَحْبِسُهُ ۗ أَلَا يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمْ لَيْسَ مَصْرُوفًا عَنْهُمْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them.

  • Quran 16:34

    An-Nahl — The Bee

    Shared phrase

    وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    So that the evils of what they did smote them, and that which they used to mock surrounded them.

  • Quran 40:83

    Al-Ghaafir — The Forgiver

    Shared phrase

    وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    فَلَمَّا جَاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرِحُوا بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    And when their messengers brought them clear proofs (of Allah's Sovereignty) they exulted in the knowledge they (themselves) possessed. And that which they were wont to mock befell them.

  • Quran 45:33

    Al-Jaathiya — Crouching

    Shared phrase

    وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّئَاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    And the evils of what they did will appear unto them, and that which they used to deride will befall them.

  • Quran 46:26

    Al-Ahqaf — The Dunes

    Shared phrase

    وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّاهُمْ فِيمَا إِن مَّكَّنَّاكُمْ فِيهِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ سَمْعًا وَأَبْصَارًا وَأَفْئِدَةً فَمَا أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَلَا أَبْصَارُهُمْ وَلَا أَفْئِدَتُهُم مِّن شَيْءٍ إِذْ كَانُوا يَجْحَدُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ

    And verily We had empowered them with that wherewith We have not empowered you, and had assigned them ears and eyes and hearts; but their ears and eyes and hearts availed them naught since they denied the revelations of Allah; and what they used to mock befell them.