Surah Ad-Dukhan, Ayah 23 (44:23)

ٱلدُّخَان

فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

Quran 44:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (“The Smoke”), a Meccan surah of 59 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 497 of the Madani Mushaf.

44:23
فَأَسْرِبِعِبَادِىلَيْلًاإِنَّكُممُّتَّبَعُونَ٢٣
fa-asri biʿibādī laylan innakum muttabaʿūna

[Allāh said], "Then set out with My servants by night. Indeed, you are to be pursued.(23)

Word by word

  1. فَأَسْرِfa-asriThen "Set out
  2. بِعِبَادِىbiʿibādīwith My slaves
  3. لَيْلًاlaylan(by) night
  4. إِنَّكُمinnakumIndeed, you
  5. مُّتَّبَعُونَmuttabaʿūna(will be) followed

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