Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 34 (6:34)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَلَقَدْ كُذِّبَتْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَصَبَرُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَا كُذِّبُوا۟ وَأُوذُوا۟ حَتَّىٰٓ أَتَىٰهُمْ …

Quran 6:34 is ayah 34 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.

6:34
وَلَقَدْكُذِّبَتْرُسُلٌمِّنقَبْلِكَفَصَبَرُوا۟عَلَىٰمَاكُذِّبُوا۟وَأُوذُوا۟حَتَّىٰٓأَتَىٰهُمْنَصْرُنَا ۚوَلَامُبَدِّلَلِكَلِمَٰتِٱللَّهِ ۚوَلَقَدْجَآءَكَمِننَّبَإِى۟ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ٣٤
walaqad kudhibat rusulun min qablika faṣabarū ʿalā mā kudhibū waūdhū ḥattā atāhum naṣrunā walā mubaddila likalimāti l-lahi walaqad jāaka min naba-i l-mur'salīna

And certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over the denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words [i.e., decrees] of Allāh. And there has certainly come to you some information about the [previous] messengers.(34)

Word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْwalaqadAnd surely
  2. كُذِّبَتْkudhibatwere rejected
  3. رُسُلٌrusulunMessengers
  4. مِّنminfrom
  5. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
  6. فَصَبَرُوا۟faṣabarūbut they were patient
  7. عَلَىٰʿalāover
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. كُذِّبُوا۟kudhibūthey were rejected
  10. وَأُوذُوا۟waūdhūand they were harmed
  11. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  12. أَتَىٰهُمْatāhumcame to them
  13. نَصْرُنَا ۚnaṣrunāOur help
  14. وَلَاwalāAnd no
  15. مُبَدِّلَmubaddilaone (can) alter
  16. لِكَلِمَٰتِlikalimāti(the) words
  17. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
  18. وَلَقَدْwalaqadand surely
  19. جَآءَكَjāakahas come to you
  20. مِنminof
  21. نَّبَإِى۟naba-i(the) news
  22. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīna(of) the Messengers

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