Surah An-Naml, Ayah 47 (27:47)

ٱلنَّمْل

قَالُوا۟ ٱطَّيَّرْنَا بِكَ وَبِمَن مَّعَكَ ۚ قَالَ طَٰٓئِرُكُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ …

Quran 27:47 is ayah 47 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 381 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:47
قَالُوا۟ٱطَّيَّرْنَابِكَوَبِمَنمَّعَكَ ۚقَالَطَٰٓئِرُكُمْعِندَٱللَّهِ ۖبَلْأَنتُمْقَوْمٌتُفْتَنُونَ٤٧
qālū iṭṭayyarnā bika wabiman maʿaka qāla ṭāirukum ʿinda l-lahi bal antum qawmun tuf'tanūna

They said, "We consider you a bad omen, you and those with you." He said, "Your omen [i.e., fate] is with Allāh. Rather, you are a people being tested."(47)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. ٱطَّيَّرْنَاiṭṭayyarnāWe consider you a bad omen
  3. بِكَbikaWe consider you a bad omen
  4. وَبِمَنwabimanand those
  5. مَّعَكَ ۚmaʿakawith you
  6. قَالَqālaHe said
  7. طَٰٓئِرُكُمْṭāirukumYour bad omen
  8. عِندَʿinda(is) with
  9. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  10. بَلْbalNay
  11. أَنتُمْantumyou
  12. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  13. تُفْتَنُونَtuf'tanūnabeing tested

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