Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 20 (54:20)

ٱلْقَمَر

تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

Quran 54:20 is ayah 20 of Surah Al-Qamar (“The Moon”), a Meccan surah of 55 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 529 of the Madani Mushaf.

54:20
تَنزِعُٱلنَّاسَكَأَنَّهُمْأَعْجَازُنَخْلٍمُّنقَعِرٍ٢٠
tanziʿu l-nāsa ka-annahum aʿjāzu nakhlin munqaʿirin

Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.(20)

Word by word

  1. تَنزِعُtanziʿuPlucking out
  2. ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsamen
  3. كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they (were)
  4. أَعْجَازُaʿjāzutrunks
  5. نَخْلٍnakhlin(of) date-palms
  6. مُّنقَعِرٍmunqaʿirinuprooted

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