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Al-Hijr 65

Ayah 65 of 99 · Meccan

فَأَسۡرِ بِأَهۡلِكَ بِقِطۡعٖ مِّنَ ٱلَّيۡلِ وَٱتَّبِعۡ أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡ وَلَا يَلۡتَفِتۡ مِنكُمۡ أَحَدٞ وَٱمۡضُواْ حَيۡثُ تُؤۡمَرُونَ ٦٥

So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَسۡرِSo travelfa-asri
  2. بِأَهۡلِكَwith your familybi-ahlika
  3. بِقِطۡعٖin a portionbiqiṭ'ʿin
  4. مِّنَofmina
  5. ٱلَّيۡلِthe nightal-layli
  6. وَٱتَّبِعۡand followwa-ittabiʿ
  7. أَدۡبَٰرَهُمۡtheir backsadbārahum
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. يَلۡتَفِتۡlet look backyaltafit
  10. مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
  11. أَحَدٞanyoneaḥadun
  12. وَٱمۡضُواْand go onwa-im'ḍū
  13. حَيۡثُwhereḥaythu
  14. تُؤۡمَرُونَyou are orderedtu'marūna

Tafsir

So travel with your family after a portion of the night has passed. Travel behind them and let none of you look back to see what happens to them. Proceed to where Allah has instructed you to go.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran