Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 30 (46:30)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

قَالُوا۟ يَٰقَوْمَنَآ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَٰبًا أُنزِلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ …

Quran 46:30 is ayah 30 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 506 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:30
قَالُوا۟يَٰقَوْمَنَآإِنَّاسَمِعْنَاكِتَٰبًاأُنزِلَمِنۢبَعْدِمُوسَىٰمُصَدِّقًالِّمَابَيْنَيَدَيْهِيَهْدِىٓإِلَىٱلْحَقِّوَإِلَىٰطَرِيقٍمُّسْتَقِيمٍ٣٠
qālū yāqawmanā innā samiʿ'nā kitāban unzila min baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi yahdī ilā l-ḥaqi wa-ilā ṭarīqin mus'taqīmin

They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.(30)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. يَٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanāO our people
  3. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  4. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā[we] have heard
  5. كِتَٰبًاkitābana Book
  6. أُنزِلَunzilarevealed
  7. مِنۢminafter
  8. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  9. مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
  10. مُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
  11. لِّمَاlimāwhat
  12. بَيْنَbayna(was) before it
  13. يَدَيْهِyadayhi(was) before it
  14. يَهْدِىٓyahdīguiding
  15. إِلَىilāto
  16. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqithe truth
  17. وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāand to
  18. طَرِيقٍṭarīqina Path
  19. مُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminStraight

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