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Al-Qasas 53

Ayah 53 of 88 · Meccan

وَإِذَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلِهِۦ مُسۡلِمِينَ ٥٣

And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. يُتۡلَىٰit is recitedyut'lā
  3. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  4. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  5. ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
  6. بِهِۦٓin itbihi
  7. إِنَّهُIndeed, itinnahu
  8. ٱلۡحَقُّ(is) the truthl-ḥaqu
  9. مِنfrommin
  10. رَّبِّنَآour Lordrabbinā
  11. إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
  12. كُنَّا[we] werekunnā
  13. مِنbefore itmin
  14. قَبۡلِهِۦbefore itqablihi
  15. مُسۡلِمِينَMuslimsmus'limīna

Tafsir

When it is recited to them they say: “We believe it is the truth in which there is no doubt and which is revealed from our Lord. We were Muslims before this Qur’ān was revealed, due to our faith in what the Messengers before him brought”.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran