Surah Al-'Adiyat, Ayah 9 (100:9)

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۞ أَفَلَا يَعْلَمُ إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

Quran 100:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-'Adiyat (“The Courser”), a Meccan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 600 of the Madani Mushaf.

100:9
۞ أَفَلَايَعْلَمُإِذَابُعْثِرَمَافِىٱلْقُبُورِ٩
afalā yaʿlamu idhā buʿ'thira mā fī l-qubūri

But does he not know that when the contents of the graves are scattered(9)

Word by word

  1. ۞ أَفَلَاafalāBut does not
  2. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuhe know
  3. إِذَاidhāwhen
  4. بُعْثِرَbuʿ'thirawill be scattered
  5. مَاmāwhat
  6. فِىfī(is) in
  7. ٱلْقُبُورِl-qubūrithe graves

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