Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 65 (21:65)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا۟ عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ يَنطِقُونَ

Quran 21:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 327 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:65
ثُمَّنُكِسُوا۟عَلَىٰرُءُوسِهِمْلَقَدْعَلِمْتَمَاهَٰٓؤُلَآءِيَنطِقُونَ٦٥
thumma nukisū ʿalā ruūsihim laqad ʿalim'ta mā hāulāi yanṭiqūna

Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"(65)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. نُكِسُوا۟nukisūthey were turned
  3. عَلَىٰʿalāon
  4. رُءُوسِهِمْruūsihimtheir heads
  5. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
  6. عَلِمْتَʿalim'tayou know
  7. مَاmānot
  8. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāithese
  9. يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna(can) speak

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