Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 29 (21:29)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

۞ وَمَن يَقُلْ مِنْهُمْ إِنِّىٓ إِلَٰهٌ مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِيهِ جَهَنَّمَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى …

Quran 21:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 324 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:29
۞ وَمَنيَقُلْمِنْهُمْإِنِّىٓإِلَٰهٌمِّندُونِهِۦفَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِيهِجَهَنَّمَ ۚكَذَٰلِكَنَجْزِىٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٢٩
waman yaqul min'hum innī ilāhun min dūnihi fadhālika najzīhi jahannama kadhālika najzī l-ẓālimīna

And whoever of them should say, "Indeed, I am a god besides Him" - that one We would recompense with Hell. Thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.(29)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  2. يَقُلْyaqulsays
  3. مِنْهُمْmin'humof them
  4. إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I am
  5. إِلَٰهٌilāhuna god
  6. مِّنminbesides Him
  7. دُونِهِۦdūnihibesides Him
  8. فَذَٰلِكَfadhālikaThen that
  9. نَجْزِيهِnajzīhiWe will recompense
  10. جَهَنَّمَ ۚjahannama(with) Hell
  11. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  12. نَجْزِىnajzīWe recompense
  13. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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