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Az-Zumar 29

Ayah 29 of 75 · Meccan

ضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلٗا رَّجُلٗا فِيهِ شُرَكَآءُ مُتَشَٰكِسُونَ وَرَجُلٗا سَلَمٗا لِّرَجُلٍ هَلۡ يَسۡتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًاۚ ٱلۡحَمۡدُ لِلَّهِۚ بَلۡ أَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ٢٩

Allāh presents an example: a man [i.e., slave] owned by quarreling partners and another belonging exclusively to one man - are they equal in comparison? Praise be to Allāh! But most of them do not know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ضَرَبَAllah sets forthḍaraba
  2. ٱللَّهُAllah sets forthl-lahu
  3. مَثَلٗاan example mathalan
  4. رَّجُلٗاa manrajulan
  5. فِيهِabout himfīhi
  6. شُرَكَآءُpartnersshurakāu
  7. مُتَشَٰكِسُونَquarrelingmutashākisūna
  8. وَرَجُلٗاand a manwarajulan
  9. سَلَمٗا(belonging) exclusivelysalaman
  10. لِّرَجُلٍto one man lirajulin
  11. هَلۡarehal
  12. يَسۡتَوِيَانِthey both equalyastawiyāni
  13. مَثَلًاۚ(in) comparisonmathalan
  14. ٱلۡحَمۡدُAll praisel-ḥamdu
  15. لِلَّهِۚ(be) to Allahlillahi
  16. بَلۡNaybal
  17. أَكۡثَرُهُمۡmost of themaktharuhum
  18. لَا(do) notlā
  19. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

Allah gave the example of an idolater and a monotheist as that of a man owned by disputing partners - if he pleases some he angers others and he is thus confused and disturbed; and of a man who is devoted to one man alone who owns him and whose intentions he knows - he is thus comfortable and calm. These two men are not the same. Praise be to Allah, but most of them do not know and therefore they ascribe others as partners to Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran