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Al-Anbya 13

Ayah 13 of 112 · Meccan

لَا تَرۡكُضُواْ وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُسۡـَٔلُونَ ١٣

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَاFlee notlā
  2. تَرۡكُضُواْFlee nottarkuḍū
  3. وَٱرۡجِعُوٓاْbut returnwa-ir'jiʿū
  4. إِلَىٰtoilā
  5. مَآwhatmā
  6. أُتۡرِفۡتُمۡyou were given luxuryut'rif'tum
  7. فِيهِin itfīhi
  8. وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمۡand to your homeswamasākinikum
  9. لَعَلَّكُمۡso that you maylaʿallakum
  10. تُسۡـَٔلُونَbe questionedtus'alūna

Tafsir

They were being called mockingly: “Do not flee, but return to your enjoyment of luxuries which you were in and to your homes, so that you can be questioned somewhat regarding your worldly possessions”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran