Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 63 (21:63)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُۥ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَٰذَا فَسَْٔلُوهُمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ يَنطِقُونَ

Quran 21:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 327 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:63
قَالَبَلْفَعَلَهُۥكَبِيرُهُمْهَٰذَافَسَْٔلُوهُمْإِنكَانُوا۟يَنطِقُونَ٦٣
qāla bal faʿalahu kabīruhum hādhā fasalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūna

He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."(63)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. بَلْbalNay
  3. فَعَلَهُۥfaʿalahu(some doer) did it
  4. كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhumTheir chief
  5. هَٰذَاhādhā(is) this
  6. فَسَْٔلُوهُمْfasalūhumSo ask them
  7. إِنinif
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey (can)
  9. يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūnaspeak

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