Surah An-Naml, Ayah 25 (27:25)

ٱلنَّمْل

أَلَّا يَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى يُخْرِجُ ٱلْخَبْءَ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا …

Quran 27:25 is ayah 25 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 379 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:25
أَلَّايَسْجُدُوا۟لِلَّهِٱلَّذِىيُخْرِجُٱلْخَبْءَفِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَيَعْلَمُمَاتُخْفُونَوَمَاتُعْلِنُونَ٢٥
allā yasjudū lillahi alladhī yukh'riju l-khaba-a fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wayaʿlamu mā tukh'fūna wamā tuʿ'linūna

[And] so they do not prostrate to Allāh, who brings forth what is hidden within the heavens and the earth and knows what you conceal and what you declare -(25)

Word by word

  1. أَلَّاallāThat not
  2. يَسْجُدُوا۟yasjudūthey prostrate
  3. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
  4. ٱلَّذِىalladhīthe One Who
  5. يُخْرِجُyukh'rijubrings forth
  6. ٱلْخَبْءَl-khaba-athe hidden
  7. فِىfīin
  8. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  9. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  10. وَيَعْلَمُwayaʿlamuand knows
  11. مَاmāwhat
  12. تُخْفُونَtukh'fūnayou conceal
  13. وَمَاwamāand what
  14. تُعْلِنُونَtuʿ'linūnayou declare

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