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Qur’an 68:51 Al-Qalam, verse 51
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
Translation: Saheeh International. Brackets mark words added for clarity.
- Surah
- Al-Qalam (68)
- Verse
- 51 of 52
- Revealed
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Word by word
| Arabic | Transliteration | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| وَإِن | wa-in | And indeed | |
| يَكَادُ | yakādu | would almost | ك و د |
| ٱلَّذِينَ | alladhīna | those who | |
| كَفَرُوا۟ | kafarū | disbelieve | ك ف ر |
| لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ | layuz'liqūnaka | surely make you slip | ز ل ق |
| بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ | bi-abṣārihim | with their look | ب ص ر |
| لَمَّا | lammā | when | |
| سَمِعُوا۟ | samiʿū | they hear | س م ع |
| ٱلذِّكْرَ | l-dhik'ra | the Message | ذ ك ر |
| وَيَقُولُونَ | wayaqūlūna | and they say | ق و ل |
| إِنَّهُۥ | innahu | Indeed, he | |
| لَمَجْنُونٌۭ | lamajnūnun | (is) surely mad | ج ن ن |
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 68:51 in Al-Qalam.
- 68:49لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭIf not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
- 68:50فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَAnd his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
- 68:52وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَBut it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
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