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As-Saffat 49

Ayah 49 of 182 · Meccan

كَأَنَّهُنَّ بَيۡضٞ مَّكۡنُونٞ ٤٩

As if they were [delicate] eggs, well-protected.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كَأَنَّهُنَّAs if they wereka-annahunna
  2. بَيۡضٞeggsbayḍun
  3. مَّكۡنُونٞwell protectedmaknūnun

Tafsir

In their white complexation blended with a tinge of redness, it will be as if they were ostrich eggs covered by feathers from the wind and dust; protected and untouched by any hand.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran