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Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 56 (18:56)

ٱلْكَهْف

وَمَا نُرْسِلُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّا مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚ وَيُجَٰدِلُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ …

Quran 18:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Al-Kahf (“The Cave”), a Meccan surah of 110 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 300 of the Madani Mushaf.

18:56
وَمَانُرْسِلُٱلْمُرْسَلِينَإِلَّامُبَشِّرِينَوَمُنذِرِينَ ۚوَيُجَٰدِلُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بِٱلْبَٰطِلِلِيُدْحِضُوا۟بِهِٱلْحَقَّ ۖوَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ءَايَٰتِىوَمَآأُنذِرُوا۟هُزُوًا٥٦
wamā nur'silu l-mur'salīna illā mubashirīna wamundhirīna wayujādilu alladhīna kafarū bil-bāṭili liyud'ḥiḍū bihi l-ḥaqa wa-ittakhadhū āyātī wamā undhirū huzuwan

And We send not the messengers except as bringers of good tidings and warners. And those who disbelieve dispute by [using] falsehood to [attempt to] invalidate thereby the truth and have taken My verses, and that of which they are warned, in ridicule.(56)

Word by word

  1. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  2. نُرْسِلُnur'siluWe send
  3. ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَl-mur'salīnathe Messengers
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. مُبَشِّرِينَmubashirīna(as) bearers of glad tidings
  6. وَمُنذِرِينَ ۚwamundhirīnaand (as) warners
  7. وَيُجَٰدِلُwayujādiluAnd dispute
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  9. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  10. بِٱلْبَٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliwith falsehood
  11. لِيُدْحِضُوا۟liyud'ḥiḍūto refute
  12. بِهِbihithereby
  13. ٱلْحَقَّ ۖl-ḥaqathe truth
  14. وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟wa-ittakhadhūAnd they take
  15. ءَايَٰتِىāyātīMy Verses
  16. وَمَآwamāand what
  17. أُنذِرُوا۟undhirūthey are warned
  18. هُزُوًاhuzuwan(in) ridicule

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