Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 39 (6:39)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَا صُمٌّ وَبُكْمٌ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ ۗ مَن يَشَإِ ٱللَّهُ يُضْلِلْهُ وَمَن …

Quran 6:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 132 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:39
وَٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَاصُمٌّوَبُكْمٌفِىٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ ۗمَنيَشَإِٱللَّهُيُضْلِلْهُوَمَنيَشَأْيَجْعَلْهُعَلَىٰصِرَٰطٍمُّسْتَقِيمٍ٣٩
wa-alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā ṣummun wabuk'mun fī l-ẓulumāti man yasha-i l-lahu yuḍ'lil'hu waman yasha yajʿalhu ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

But those who deny Our verses are deaf and dumb within darknesses. Whomever Allāh wills - He sends astray; and whomever He wills - He puts him on a straight path.(39)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūrejected
  3. بَِٔايَٰتِنَاbiāyātināOur Verses
  4. صُمٌّṣummun(are) deaf
  5. وَبُكْمٌwabuk'munand dumb
  6. فِىfīin
  7. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ ۗl-ẓulumātithe darkness[es]
  8. مَنmanWhoever
  9. يَشَإِyasha-iwills
  10. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  11. يُضْلِلْهُyuḍ'lil'huHe lets him go astray
  12. وَمَنwamanand whoever
  13. يَشَأْyashaHe wills
  14. يَجْعَلْهُyajʿalhuHe places him
  15. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  16. صِرَٰطٍṣirāṭin(the) way
  17. مُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīmin(the) straight

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