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As-Saffat 164

Ayah 164 of 182 · Meccan

وَمَا مِنَّآ إِلَّا لَهُۥ مَقَامٞ مَّعۡلُومٞ ١٦٤

[The angels say],1 "There is not among us any except that he has a known position.2

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Refuting what the disbelievers had said about them.

2 For worship. Or "an assigned task" to perform.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  2. مِنَّآamong usminnā
  3. إِلَّاexceptillā
  4. لَهُۥfor himlahu
  5. مَقَامٞ(is) a positionmaqāmun
  6. مَّعۡلُومٞknownmaʿlūmun

Tafsir

And the angels said, stating their servitude to Allah and their being free of what the idolaters claimed: “There is nobody amongst us except that he has a known position in Allah’s worship and obedience.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran