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Qur’an 79:22 An-Nazi'at, verse 22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

Then he turned his back, striving.

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

Surah: An-Nazi'at (79)
Verse: 22 of 46
Revealed: Makki
Juz: 30
Mushaf page: 584

Word by word

Arabic	Transliteration	Meaning	Root
ثُمَّ	thumma	Then
أَدْبَرَ	adbara	he turned his back	د ب ر
يَسْعَىٰ	yasʿā	striving	س ع 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 79:22 in An-Nazi'at.

79:20فَأَرَىٰهُ ٱلْءَايَةَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰAnd he showed him the greatest sign,
79:21فَكَذَّبَ وَعَصَىٰBut Pharaoh denied and disobeyed.
79:23فَحَشَرَ فَنَادَىٰAnd he gathered [his people] and called out
79:24فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰAnd said, "I am your most exalted lord."

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