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Al-Ahqaf 29

Ayah 29 of 35 · Meccan

وَإِذۡ صَرَفۡنَآ إِلَيۡكَ نَفَرٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ يَسۡتَمِعُونَ ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرُوهُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنصِتُواْۖ فَلَمَّا قُضِيَ وَلَّوۡاْ إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِم مُّنذِرِينَ ٢٩

And [mention, O Muḥammad], when We directed to you a few of the jinn, listening to the Qur’ān. And when they attended it, they said, "Listen attentively." And when it was concluded, they went back to their people as warners.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. صَرَفۡنَآWe directedṣarafnā
  3. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  4. نَفَرٗاa partynafaran
  5. مِّنَofmina
  6. ٱلۡجِنِّthe jinnl-jini
  7. يَسۡتَمِعُونَlisteningyastamiʿūna
  8. ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ(to) the Quranl-qur'āna
  9. فَلَمَّاAnd whenfalammā
  10. حَضَرُوهُthey attended itḥaḍarūhu
  11. قَالُوٓاْthey saidqālū
  12. أَنصِتُواْۖListen quietlyanṣitū
  13. فَلَمَّاAnd whenfalammā
  14. قُضِيَit was concludedquḍiya
  15. وَلَّوۡاْthey turned backwallaw
  16. إِلَىٰtoilā
  17. قَوۡمِهِمtheir peopleqawmihim
  18. مُّنذِرِينَ(as) warnersmundhirīna

Tafsir

Remember, O Messenger, when I sent to you a group of the jinn to listen to the Qur’ān that was revealed to you. When they came to hear it they said to one another: Be quiet, so that we are able to hear it. When the Messenger (peace be upon him) completed his recitation they went back to their people to warn them of Allah’s punishment if they do not have faith in this Qur’ān.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran