Surah An-Naml Ayah 49

An-Naml · Ayah 49 · Juz 19 · Page 381

قَالُواْ تَقَاسَمُواْ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدۡنَا مَهۡلِكَ أَهۡلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ ٤٩

Qālū taqāsamū billāhi lanubayyitannahū wa ahlahū thumma lanaqūlanna liwaliyyihī mā shahidnā mahlika ahlihī wa innā laṣādiqūn.

They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor,1 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"

Translation: Sahih International

Footnotes (1)
  1. i.e., the one responsible for executing his will and avenging his blood.

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Word by word14 words

  • قَالُواْThey said
  • تَقَاسَمُواْSwear to each other
  • بِٱللَّهِby Allah
  • لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥsurely, we will attack him by night
  • وَأَهۡلَهُۥand his family
  • ثُمَّThen
  • لَنَقُولَنَّwe will surely say
  • لِوَلِيِّهِۦto his heir
  • مَاNot
  • شَهِدۡنَاwe witnessed
  • مَهۡلِكَ(the) destruction
  • أَهۡلِهِۦ(of) his family
  • وَإِنَّاand indeed, we
  • لَصَٰدِقُونَ(are) surely truthful

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The Ants · Meccan · 93 ayahs

Juz
19
Page
381
Hizb
38