Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 28 (6:28)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

بَلْ بَدَا لَهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يُخْفُونَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا۟ لَعَادُوا۟ لِمَا نُهُوا۟ …

Quran 6:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 131 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:28
بَلْبَدَالَهُممَّاكَانُوا۟يُخْفُونَمِنقَبْلُ ۖوَلَوْرُدُّوا۟لَعَادُوا۟لِمَانُهُوا۟عَنْهُوَإِنَّهُمْلَكَٰذِبُونَ٢٨
bal badā lahum mā kānū yukh'fūna min qablu walaw ruddū laʿādū limā nuhū ʿanhu wa-innahum lakādhibūna

But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.(28)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. بَدَاbadābecame manifest
  3. لَهُمlahumfor them
  4. مَّاmāwhat
  5. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used to
  6. يُخْفُونَyukh'fūnaconceal
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. قَبْلُ ۖqablubefore
  9. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  10. رُدُّوا۟ruddūthey were sent back
  11. لَعَادُوا۟laʿādūcertainly they (would) return
  12. لِمَاlimāto what
  13. نُهُوا۟nuhūthey were forbidden
  14. عَنْهُʿanhufrom it
  15. وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahumand indeed they
  16. لَكَٰذِبُونَlakādhibūnacertainly are liars

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