Surah Al-Mutaffifin, Ayah 33 (83:33)

ٱلْمُطَفِّفِين

وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

Quran 83:33 is ayah 33 of Surah Al-Mutaffifin (“The Defrauding”), a Meccan surah of 36 ayahs. It is in Juz 30, on page 588 of the Madani Mushaf.

83:33
وَمَآأُرْسِلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْحَٰفِظِينَ٣٣
wamā ur'silū ʿalayhim ḥāfiẓīna

But they had not been sent as guardians over them.(33)

Word by word

  1. وَمَآwamāBut not
  2. أُرْسِلُوا۟ur'silūthey had been sent
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  4. حَٰفِظِينَḥāfiẓīna(as) guardians

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