Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 9 (21:9)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

Quran 21:9 is ayah 9 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 322 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:9
ثُمَّصَدَقْنَٰهُمُٱلْوَعْدَفَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْوَمَننَّشَآءُوَأَهْلَكْنَاٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ٩
thumma ṣadaqnāhumu l-waʿda fa-anjaynāhum waman nashāu wa-ahlaknā l-mus'rifīna

Then We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.(9)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. صَدَقْنَٰهُمُṣadaqnāhumuWe fulfilled (for) them
  3. ٱلْوَعْدَl-waʿdathe promise
  4. فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْfa-anjaynāhumand We saved them
  5. وَمَنwamanand whom
  6. نَّشَآءُnashāuWe willed
  7. وَأَهْلَكْنَاwa-ahlaknāand We destroyed
  8. ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَl-mus'rifīnathe transgressors

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