Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 28 (23:28)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

فَإِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى نَجَّىٰنَا …

Quran 23:28 is ayah 28 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 344 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:28
فَإِذَاٱسْتَوَيْتَأَنتَوَمَنمَّعَكَعَلَىٱلْفُلْكِفَقُلِٱلْحَمْدُلِلَّهِٱلَّذِىنَجَّىٰنَامِنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ٢٨
fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'(28)

Word by word

  1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
  2. ٱسْتَوَيْتَis'tawaytayou (have) boarded
  3. أَنتَantayou
  4. وَمَنwamanand whoever
  5. مَّعَكَmaʿaka(is) with you
  6. عَلَىʿalā[on]
  7. ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship
  8. فَقُلِfaqulithen say
  9. ٱلْحَمْدُl-ḥamduPraise
  10. لِلَّهِlillahi(be) to Allah
  11. ٱلَّذِىalladhīWho
  12. نَجَّىٰنَاnajjānā(has) saved us
  13. مِنَminafrom
  14. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
  15. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

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