إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبۡلُ نَدۡعُوهُۖ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلۡبَرُّ ٱلرَّحِيمُ ٢٨
Indeed, we used to supplicate1 Him before. Indeed, it is He who is the Beneficent, the Merciful."
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 i.e., worship.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- إِنَّاIndeed, weinnā
- كُنَّا[we] used tokunnā
- مِنbeforemin
- قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
- نَدۡعُوهُۖcall Himnadʿūhu
- إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
- هُوَ[He]huwa
- ٱلۡبَرُّ(is) the Most Kindl-baru
- ٱلرَّحِيمُthe Most Mercifull-raḥīmu
Tafsir
We used to worship Him in our worldly life and we used to pray to Him to protect us from the fire of hell. He is Beneficent to His servants and Merciful to them. Part of His beneficence and mercy upon us is that He guided us to faith, entered us into Paradise and distanced us from the fire.”
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran