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An-Nahl 59

Ayah 59 of 128 · Meccan

يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓۚ أَيُمۡسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمۡ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِي ٱلتُّرَابِۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَحۡكُمُونَ ٥٩

He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَتَوَٰرَىٰHe hides himselfyatawārā
  2. مِنَfrommina
  3. ٱلۡقَوۡمِthe peoplel-qawmi
  4. مِن(because) ofmin
  5. سُوٓءِthe evilsūi
  6. مَاof whatmā
  7. بُشِّرَhe has been given good newsbushira
  8. بِهِۦٓۚaboutbihi
  9. أَيُمۡسِكُهُۥShould he keep itayum'sikuhu
  10. عَلَىٰinʿalā
  11. هُونٍhumiliationhūnin
  12. أَمۡoram
  13. يَدُسُّهُۥbury ityadussuhu
  14. فِيinfī
  15. ٱلتُّرَابِۗthe dustl-turābi
  16. أَلَاUnquestionablyalā
  17. سَآءَevilsāa
  18. مَا(is) whatmā
  19. يَحۡكُمُونَthey decideyaḥkumūna

Tafsir

He hides from his people because of the bad news of the birth of a girl that was given to him. He asks himself: Shall he keep this girl that he was given news of with humiliation and dejection, or shall he bury her alive and hide her in the dust? How evil is the decision that the idolaters make when they assigned to their Lord what they detest for themselves.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran