فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
Az-Zukhruf 43:55
Juz 25 · Page 493Context
Revelation context of the surah
Surah-wideAz-Zukhruf is Meccan, dated to the late Meccan period. It answers pagan objections such as regarding the angels as female beings and asking why the Quran was not sent to one of the great men of the two towns; it stresses that worldly ornament (zukhruf) is no measure of worth with God.
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