Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 72 (15:72)

ٱلْحِجْر

لَعَمْرُكَ إِنَّهُمْ لَفِى سَكْرَتِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

Quran 15:72 is ayah 72 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 266 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:72
لَعَمْرُكَإِنَّهُمْلَفِىسَكْرَتِهِمْيَعْمَهُونَ٧٢
laʿamruka innahum lafī sakratihim yaʿmahūna

By your life, [O Muḥammad], indeed they were, in their intoxication, wandering blindly.(72)

Word by word

  1. لَعَمْرُكَlaʿamrukaBy your life
  2. إِنَّهُمْinnahumindeed, they
  3. لَفِىlafīwere in
  4. سَكْرَتِهِمْsakratihimtheir intoxication
  5. يَعْمَهُونَyaʿmahūnawandering blindly

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