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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 55 (5:55)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

إِنَّمَا وَلِيُّكُمُ ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ …

Quran 5:55 is ayah 55 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 117 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:55
إِنَّمَاوَلِيُّكُمُٱللَّهُوَرَسُولُهُۥوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَيُقِيمُونَٱلصَّلَوٰةَوَيُؤْتُونَٱلزَّكَوٰةَوَهُمْرَٰكِعُونَ٥٥
innamā waliyyukumu l-lahu warasūluhu wa-alladhīna āmanū alladhīna yuqīmūna l-ṣalata wayu'tūna l-zakata wahum rākiʿūna

Your ally is none but Allāh and [therefore] His Messenger and those who have believed - those who establish prayer and give zakāh, and they bow [in worship].(55)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. وَلِيُّكُمُwaliyyukumuyour ally
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  4. وَرَسُولُهُۥwarasūluhuand His Messenger
  5. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
  6. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaand those who
  8. يُقِيمُونَyuqīmūnaestablish
  9. ٱلصَّلَوٰةَl-ṣalatathe prayer
  10. وَيُؤْتُونَwayu'tūnaand give
  11. ٱلزَّكَوٰةَl-zakatazakah
  12. وَهُمْwahumand they
  13. رَٰكِعُونَrākiʿūna(are) those who bow down

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