Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 77 (6:77)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلْقَمَرَ بَازِغًا قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَ قَالَ لَئِن لَّمْ يَهْدِنِى …

Quran 6:77 is ayah 77 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 137 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:77
فَلَمَّارَءَاٱلْقَمَرَبَازِغًاقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّى ۖفَلَمَّآأَفَلَقَالَلَئِنلَّمْيَهْدِنِىرَبِّىلَأَكُونَنَّمِنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلضَّآلِّينَ٧٧
falammā raā l-qamara bāzighan qāla hādhā rabbī falammā afala qāla la-in lam yahdinī rabbī la-akūnanna mina l-qawmi l-ḍālīna

And when he saw the moon rising, he said, "This is my lord." But when it set, he said, "Unless my Lord guides me, I will surely be among the people gone astray."(77)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāWhen
  2. رَءَاraāhe saw
  3. ٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moon
  4. بَازِغًاbāzighanrising
  5. قَالَqālahe said
  6. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  7. رَبِّى ۖrabbī(is) my Lord
  8. فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
  9. أَفَلَafalait set
  10. قَالَqālahe said
  11. لَئِنla-inIf
  12. لَّمْlam(does) not
  13. يَهْدِنِىyahdinīguide me
  14. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  15. لَأَكُونَنَّla-akūnannaI will surely be
  16. مِنَminaamong
  17. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
  18. ٱلضَّآلِّينَl-ḍālīnawho went astray

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