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Al-Qamar 27

Ayah 27 of 55 · Meccan

إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةٗ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ٢٧

Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.1

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 This and the following verse are an address to Ṣāliḥ (upon him be peace).

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنَّاIndeed, Weinnā
  2. مُرۡسِلُواْ(are) sendingmur'silū
  3. ٱلنَّاقَةِthe she-camell-nāqati
  4. فِتۡنَةٗ(as) a trialfit'natan
  5. لَّهُمۡfor themlahum
  6. فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡso watch themfa-ir'taqib'hum
  7. وَٱصۡطَبِرۡand be patientwa-iṣ'ṭabir

Tafsir

I will take out a she-camel from the rock and send it as a test to them. So wait, O Salih - and watch what they do to it and what is done to them, and be patient over their harm.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran