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Qur’an 68:28 Al-Qalam, verse 28

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "

Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.

Surah
Al-Qalam (68)
Verse
28 of 52
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
565

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
قَالَqālaSaidق و ل
أَوْسَطُهُمْawsaṭuhum(the) most moderate of themو س ط
أَلَمْalamDid not
أَقُلaqulI tellق و ل
لَّكُمْlakumyou
لَوْلَاlawlā'Why not
تُسَبِّحُونَtusabbiḥūnayou glorify (Allah)?'س ب ح

Tap a root to see every word built from it. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources.

In context

The verses around 68:28 in Al-Qalam.

  • 68:26فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَBut when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
  • 68:27بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَRather, we have been deprived."
  • 68:29قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَThey said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
  • 68:30فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَThen they approached one another, blaming each other.

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