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فَمَا اسْتَطَاعُوْا مِنْ قِيَامٍ وَّمَا كَانُوْا مُنْتَصِرِيْنَۙ   ( الذاريات: ٤٥ )

famā
فَمَا
Then not
is'taṭāʿū
ٱسْتَطَٰعُوا۟
they were able
min
مِن
to
qiyāmin
قِيَامٍ
stand
wamā
وَمَا
and not
kānū
كَانُوا۟
they could
muntaṣirīna
مُنتَصِرِينَ
help themselves

Famas tataa'oo min qiyaaminw wa maa kaanoo muntasireen (aḏ-Ḏāriyāt 51:45)

Sahih International:

And they were unable to arise, nor could they defend themselves. (Adh-Dhariyat [51] : 45)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Then they were neither able to stand (before the punishment), nor could they defend themselves.