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Al-'Ankabut 24

Ayah 24 of 69 · Meccan

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُواْ ٱقۡتُلُوهُ أَوۡ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَأٓيَٰتٖ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٢٤

And the answer of his [i.e., Abraham's] people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allāh saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَمَاAnd notfamā
  2. كَانَwaskāna
  3. جَوَابَ(the) answerjawāba
  4. قَوۡمِهِۦٓ(of) his peopleqawmihi
  5. إِلَّآexceptillā
  6. أَنthatan
  7. قَالُواْthey saidqālū
  8. ٱقۡتُلُوهُKill himuq'tulūhu
  9. أَوۡoraw
  10. حَرِّقُوهُburn himḥarriqūhu
  11. فَأَنجَىٰهُBut Allah saved himfa-anjāhu
  12. ٱللَّهُBut Allah saved himl-lahu
  13. مِنَfrommina
  14. ٱلنَّارِۚthe firel-nāri
  15. إِنَّIndeedinna
  16. فِيinfī
  17. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  18. لَأٓيَٰتٖsurely (are) Signslaāyātin
  19. لِّقَوۡمٖfor a peopleliqawmin
  20. يُؤۡمِنُونَwho believeyu'minūna

Tafsir

The only answer Abraham’s people gave to him - after he had instructed them to worship Allah alone and to give up the worship of idols - was that they said: Kill him or throw him into the fire in defence of your gods. But Allah saved him from the Fire. In his being saved from the fire after having been thrown into it there truly are lessons for people who have faith, because they are the one who benefit from such lessons.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran