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Surah An-Nahl, Ayah 59 (16:59)

ٱلنَّحْل

يَتَوَٰرَىٰ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ مِن سُوٓءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِۦٓ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُۥ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُۥ فِى …

Quran 16:59 is ayah 59 of Surah An-Nahl (“The Bee”), a Meccan surah of 128 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 273 of the Madani Mushaf.

16:59
يَتَوَٰرَىٰمِنَٱلْقَوْمِمِنسُوٓءِمَابُشِّرَبِهِۦٓ ۚأَيُمْسِكُهُۥعَلَىٰهُونٍأَمْيَدُسُّهُۥفِىٱلتُّرَابِ ۗأَلَاسَآءَمَايَحْكُمُونَ٥٩
yatawārā mina l-qawmi min sūi mā bushira bihi ayum'sikuhu ʿalā hūnin am yadussuhu fī l-turābi alā sāa mā yaḥkumūna

He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.(59)

Word by word

  1. يَتَوَٰرَىٰyatawārāHe hides himself
  2. مِنَminafrom
  3. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
  4. مِنmin(because) of
  5. سُوٓءِsūithe evil
  6. مَاmāof what
  7. بُشِّرَbushirahe has been given good news
  8. بِهِۦٓ ۚbihiabout
  9. أَيُمْسِكُهُۥayum'sikuhuShould he keep it
  10. عَلَىٰʿalāin
  11. هُونٍhūninhumiliation
  12. أَمْamor
  13. يَدُسُّهُۥyadussuhubury it
  14. فِىfīin
  15. ٱلتُّرَابِ ۗl-turābithe dust
  16. أَلَاalāUnquestionably
  17. سَآءَsāaevil
  18. مَاmā(is) what
  19. يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūnathey decide

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