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Surah Al-Balad, Ayah 17 (90:17)

ٱلْبَلَد

ثُمَّ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ

Quran 90:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Al-Balad (“The City”), a Meccan surah of 20 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 594 of the Madani Mushaf.

90:17
ثُمَّكَانَمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلصَّبْرِوَتَوَاصَوْا۟بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِ١٧
thumma kāna mina alladhīna āmanū watawāṣaw bil-ṣabri watawāṣaw bil-marḥamati

And then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.(17)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. كَانَkānahe is
  3. مِنَminaof
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  6. وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
  7. بِٱلصَّبْرِbil-ṣabrito patience
  8. وَتَوَاصَوْا۟watawāṣawand enjoin (each other)
  9. بِٱلْمَرْحَمَةِbil-marḥamatito compassion

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