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An-Nur 51

Ayah 51 of 64 · Medinan

إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوۡلَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓاْ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحۡكُمَ بَيۡنَهُمۡ أَن يَقُولُواْ سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ٥١

The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّمَاOnlyinnamā
  2. كَانَiskāna
  3. قَوۡلَ(the) statementqawla
  4. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ(of) the believersl-mu'minīna
  5. إِذَاwhenidhā
  6. دُعُوٓاْthey are calledduʿū
  7. إِلَىtoilā
  8. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  9. وَرَسُولِهِۦand His Messengerwarasūlihi
  10. لِيَحۡكُمَto judgeliyaḥkuma
  11. بَيۡنَهُمۡbetween thembaynahum
  12. أَن(is) thatan
  13. يَقُولُواْthey sayyaqūlū
  14. سَمِعۡنَاWe hearsamiʿ'nā
  15. وَأَطَعۡنَاۚand we obeywa-aṭaʿnā
  16. وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَAnd thosewa-ulāika
  17. هُمُ[they]humu
  18. ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ(are) the successfull-muf'liḥūna

Tafsir

When the believers are called towards Allah and His Messenger for him to judge between them, their only reaction is that they say, “We have heard his statement and obeyed his order”. Those who possess this characteristic are the ones who are successful in the world and the Hearafter.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran