Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 32 (68:32)

ٱلْقَلَم

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

Quran 68:32 is ayah 32 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 565 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:32
عَسَىٰرَبُّنَآأَنيُبْدِلَنَاخَيْرًامِّنْهَآإِنَّآإِلَىٰرَبِّنَارَٰغِبُونَ٣٢
ʿasā rabbunā an yub'dilanā khayran min'hā innā ilā rabbinā rāghibūna

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."(32)

Word by word

  1. عَسَىٰʿasāPerhaps
  2. رَبُّنَآrabbunāour Lord
  3. أَنan[that]
  4. يُبْدِلَنَاyub'dilanāwill substitute for us
  5. خَيْرًاkhayrana better
  6. مِّنْهَآmin'hāthan it
  7. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
  8. إِلَىٰilāto
  9. رَبِّنَاrabbināour Lord
  10. رَٰغِبُونَrāghibūnaturn devoutly

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