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Al-Isra 109

Ayah 109 of 111 · Meccan

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِ يَبۡكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمۡ خُشُوعٗا۩ ١٠٩

And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it [i.e., the Qur’ān] increases them in humble submission.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

17:109Ayah of prostrationRead the surah from here

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَيَخِرُّونَAnd they fallwayakhirrūna
  2. لِلۡأَذۡقَانِon their faceslil'adhqāni
  3. يَبۡكُونَweepingyabkūna
  4. وَيَزِيدُهُمۡand it increases themwayazīduhum
  5. خُشُوعٗا۩(in) humilitykhushūʿan

Tafsir

And they fall on their faces, prostrating to Allah and crying out of His fear. And listening to the Qur’ān and contemplating its meanings increases them in submission to Allah and fearing Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran