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Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 18 (29:18)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

وَإِن تُكَذِّبُوا۟ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِّن قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ …

Quran 29:18 is ayah 18 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 398 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:18
وَإِنتُكَذِّبُوا۟فَقَدْكَذَّبَأُمَمٌمِّنقَبْلِكُمْ ۖوَمَاعَلَىٱلرَّسُولِإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُٱلْمُبِينُ١٨
wa-in tukadhibū faqad kadhaba umamun min qablikum wamā ʿalā l-rasūli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.(18)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  2. تُكَذِّبُوا۟tukadhibūyou deny
  3. فَقَدْfaqadthen verily
  4. كَذَّبَkadhabadenied
  5. أُمَمٌumamun(the) nations
  6. مِّنminbefore you
  7. قَبْلِكُمْ ۖqablikumbefore you
  8. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  9. عَلَىʿalā(is) on
  10. ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
  11. إِلَّاillāexcept
  12. ٱلْبَلَٰغُl-balāghuthe conveyance
  13. ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnuclear

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