Surah Al-Hajj, Ayah 31 (22:31)

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حُنَفَآءَ لِلَّهِ غَيْرَ مُشْرِكِينَ بِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَكَأَنَّمَا خَرَّ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ …

Quran 22:31 is ayah 31 of Surah Al-Hajj (“The Pilgrimage”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 336 of the Madani Mushaf.

22:31
حُنَفَآءَلِلَّهِغَيْرَمُشْرِكِينَبِهِۦ ۚوَمَنيُشْرِكْبِٱللَّهِفَكَأَنَّمَاخَرَّمِنَٱلسَّمَآءِفَتَخْطَفُهُٱلطَّيْرُأَوْتَهْوِىبِهِٱلرِّيحُفِىمَكَانٍسَحِيقٍ٣١
ḥunafāa lillahi ghayra mush'rikīna bihi waman yush'rik bil-lahi faka-annamā kharra mina l-samāi fatakhṭafuhu l-ṭayru aw tahwī bihi l-rīḥu fī makānin saḥīqin

Inclining [only] to Allāh, not associating [anything] with Him. And he who associates with Allāh - it is as though he had fallen from the sky and was snatched by the birds or the wind carried him down into a remote place.(31)

Word by word

  1. حُنَفَآءَḥunafāaBeing upright
  2. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
  3. غَيْرَghayranot
  4. مُشْرِكِينَmush'rikīnaassociating partners
  5. بِهِۦ ۚbihiwith Him
  6. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  7. يُشْرِكْyush'rikassociates partners
  8. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiwith Allah
  9. فَكَأَنَّمَاfaka-annamāthen (it is) as though
  10. خَرَّkharrahe had fallen
  11. مِنَminafrom
  12. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  13. فَتَخْطَفُهُfatakhṭafuhuand (had) snatched him
  14. ٱلطَّيْرُl-ṭayruthe birds
  15. أَوْawor
  16. تَهْوِىtahwīhad blown
  17. بِهِbihihim
  18. ٱلرِّيحُl-rīḥuthe wind
  19. فِىfīto
  20. مَكَانٍmakānina place
  21. سَحِيقٍsaḥīqinfar off

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