Surah An-Naml, Ayah 12 (27:12)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَأَدْخِلْ يَدَكَ فِى جَيْبِكَ تَخْرُجْ بَيْضَآءَ مِنْ غَيْرِ سُوٓءٍ ۖ فِى تِسْعِ ءَايَٰتٍ إِلَىٰ …

Quran 27:12 is ayah 12 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 377 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:12
وَأَدْخِلْيَدَكَفِىجَيْبِكَتَخْرُجْبَيْضَآءَمِنْغَيْرِسُوٓءٍ ۖفِىتِسْعِءَايَٰتٍإِلَىٰفِرْعَوْنَوَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَوْمًافَٰسِقِينَ١٢
wa-adkhil yadaka fī jaybika takhruj bayḍāa min ghayri sūin fī tis'ʿi āyātin ilā fir'ʿawna waqawmihi innahum kānū qawman fāsiqīna

And put your hand into the opening of your garment [at the breast]; it will come out white without disease. [These are] among the nine signs [you will take] to Pharaoh and his people. Indeed, they have been a people defiantly disobedient."(12)

Word by word

  1. وَأَدْخِلْwa-adkhilAnd enter
  2. يَدَكَyadakayour hand
  3. فِىfīinto
  4. جَيْبِكَjaybikayour bosom
  5. تَخْرُجْtakhrujit will come forth
  6. بَيْضَآءَbayḍāawhite
  7. مِنْminwithout
  8. غَيْرِghayriwithout
  9. سُوٓءٍ ۖsūinharm
  10. فِىfī(These are) among
  11. تِسْعِtis'ʿinine
  12. ءَايَٰتٍāyātinsigns
  13. إِلَىٰilāto
  14. فِرْعَوْنَfir'ʿawnaFiraun
  15. وَقَوْمِهِۦٓ ۚwaqawmihiand his people
  16. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  17. كَانُوا۟kānūare
  18. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  19. فَٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

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