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Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 45 (28:45)

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وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ …

Quran 28:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 391 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:45
وَلَٰكِنَّآأَنشَأْنَاقُرُونًافَتَطَاوَلَعَلَيْهِمُٱلْعُمُرُ ۚوَمَاكُنتَثَاوِيًافِىٓأَهْلِمَدْيَنَتَتْلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتِنَاوَلَٰكِنَّاكُنَّامُرْسِلِينَ٤٥
walākinnā anshanā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru wamā kunta thāwiyan fī ahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā walākinnā kunnā mur'silīna

But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].(45)

Word by word

  1. وَلَٰكِنَّآwalākinnāBut We
  2. أَنشَأْنَاanshanā[We] produced
  3. قُرُونًاqurūnangenerations
  4. فَتَطَاوَلَfataṭāwalaand prolonged
  5. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimufor them
  6. ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚl-ʿumuruthe life
  7. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  8. كُنتَkuntayou were
  9. ثَاوِيًاthāwiyana dweller
  10. فِىٓfīamong
  11. أَهْلِahli(the) people
  12. مَدْيَنَmadyana(of) Madyan
  13. تَتْلُوا۟tatlūreciting
  14. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  15. ءَايَٰتِنَاāyātināOur Verses
  16. وَلَٰكِنَّاwalākinnābut We
  17. كُنَّاkunnā[We] were
  18. مُرْسِلِينَmur'silīnathe Senders

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