Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 9 (46:9)

ٱلْأَحْقَاف

قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ …

Quran 46:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (“The Wind-Curved Sandhills”), a Meccan surah of 35 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 503 of the Madani Mushaf.

46:9
قُلْمَاكُنتُبِدْعًامِّنَٱلرُّسُلِوَمَآأَدْرِىمَايُفْعَلُبِىوَلَابِكُمْ ۖإِنْأَتَّبِعُإِلَّامَايُوحَىٰٓإِلَىَّوَمَآأَنَا۠إِلَّانَذِيرٌمُّبِينٌ٩
qul mā kuntu bid'ʿan mina l-rusuli wamā adrī mā yuf'ʿalu bī walā bikum in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya wamā anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun

Say, "I am not something original among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."(9)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. مَاmāNot
  3. كُنتُkuntuI am
  4. بِدْعًاbid'ʿana new (one)
  5. مِّنَminaamong
  6. ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusulithe Messengers
  7. وَمَآwamāand not
  8. أَدْرِىadrīI know
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. يُفْعَلُyuf'ʿaluwill be done
  11. بِىbīwith me
  12. وَلَاwalāand not
  13. بِكُمْ ۖbikumwith you
  14. إِنْinNot
  15. أَتَّبِعُattabiʿuI follow
  16. إِلَّاillābut
  17. مَاmāwhat
  18. يُوحَىٰٓyūḥāis revealed
  19. إِلَىَّilayyato me
  20. وَمَآwamāand not
  21. أَنَا۠anāI am
  22. إِلَّاillābut
  23. نَذِيرٌnadhīruna warner
  24. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

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