Meccan·Surah 74

المدثر

Surah Al-Muddaththir — Ayah 20

The Cloaked One

56 Ayahs·Verse 74:20
74:20

ثُمَّ قُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

Then may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

Context in Surah Al-Muddaththir

Nearby ayahs help place verse 74:20 in sequence and meaning.

إِنَّهُۥ فَكَّرَ وَقَدَّرَ

Indeed, he thought and deliberated.

فَقُتِلَ كَيْفَ قَدَّرَ

So may he be destroyed [for] how he deliberated.

ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

Then he considered [again];

ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

Then he frowned and scowled;