Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 88 (21:88)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Quran 21:88 is ayah 88 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 329 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:88
فَٱسْتَجَبْنَالَهُۥوَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمِنَٱلْغَمِّ ۚوَكَذَٰلِكَنُۨجِىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ٨٨
fa-is'tajabnā lahu wanajjaynāhu mina l-ghami wakadhālika nunjī l-mu'minīna

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.(88)

Word by word

  1. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnāSo We responded
  2. لَهُۥlahuto him
  3. وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُwanajjaynāhuand We saved him
  4. مِنَminafrom
  5. ٱلْغَمِّ ۚl-ghamithe distress
  6. وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālikaAnd thus
  7. نُۨجِىnunjīWe save
  8. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers

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