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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 79 (6:79)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

إِنِّى وَجَّهْتُ وَجْهِىَ لِلَّذِى فَطَرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ حَنِيفًا ۖ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ …

Quran 6:79 is ayah 79 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.

6:79
إِنِّىوَجَّهْتُوَجْهِىَلِلَّذِىفَطَرَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضَحَنِيفًا ۖوَمَآأَنَا۠مِنَٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ٧٩
innī wajjahtu wajhiya lilladhī faṭara l-samāwāti wal-arḍa ḥanīfan wamā anā mina l-mush'rikīna

Indeed, I have turned my face [i.e., self] toward He who created the heavens and the earth, inclining toward truth, and I am not of those who associate others with Allāh."(79)

Word by word

  1. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  2. وَجَّهْتُwajjahtu[I] have turned
  3. وَجْهِىَwajhiyamy face
  4. لِلَّذِىlilladhīto the One Who
  5. فَطَرَfaṭaracreated
  6. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  7. وَٱلْأَرْضَwal-arḍaand the earth
  8. حَنِيفًا ۖḥanīfan(as) a true monotheist
  9. وَمَآwamāand not
  10. أَنَا۠anāI (am)
  11. مِنَminaof
  12. ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathe polytheists

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