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Hud 69

Ayah 69 of 123 · Meccan

وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَتۡ رُسُلُنَآ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰ قَالُواْ سَلَٰمٗاۖ قَالَ سَلَٰمٞۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَن جَآءَ بِعِجۡلٍ حَنِيذٖ ٦٩

And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَقَدۡAnd certainlywalaqad
  2. جَآءَتۡcamejāat
  3. رُسُلُنَآOur messengersrusulunā
  4. إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ(to) Ibrahimib'rāhīma
  5. بِٱلۡبُشۡرَىٰwith glad tidingsbil-bush'rā
  6. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  7. سَلَٰمٗاۖPeacesalāman
  8. قَالَHe saidqāla
  9. سَلَٰمٞۖPeacesalāmun
  10. فَمَاand not he delayedfamā
  11. لَبِثَand not he delayedlabitha
  12. أَنtoan
  13. جَآءَbringjāa
  14. بِعِجۡلٍa calfbiʿij'lin
  15. حَنِيذٖroastedḥanīdhin

Tafsir

Then the angels came to Abraham (peace and blessing be upon him) in the form of men, giving good news to him and his wife of Isaac and Jacob. The angels said ‘Peace’, so he replied by saying ‘Peace’. Then he went quickly and brought them a roasted calf to eat, thinking that they were men.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran