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Qur’an 70:17 Al-Ma'arij, verse 17

تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

It invites he who turned his back [on truth] and went away [from obedience]

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

Surah
Al-Ma'arij (70)
Verse
17 of 44
Revealed
Makki
Juz
29
Mushaf page
569

Word by word

ArabicTransliterationMeaningRoot
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūInvitingد ع و
مَنْman(him) who
أَدْبَرَadbaraturned his backد ب ر
وَتَوَلَّىٰwatawallāand went awayو ل ي

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 70:17 in Al-Ma'arij.

  • 70:15كَلَّآ ۖ إِنَّهَا لَظَىٰNo! Indeed, it is the Flame [of Hell],
  • 70:16نَزَّاعَةًۭ لِّلشَّوَىٰA remover of exteriors.
  • 70:18وَجَمَعَ فَأَوْعَىٰٓAnd collected [wealth] and hoarded.
  • 70:19۞ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ خُلِقَ هَلُوعًاIndeed, mankind was created anxious:

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