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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 55 (27:55)

ٱلنَّمْل

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةً مِّن دُونِ ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚ بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ تَجْهَلُونَ

Quran 27:55 is ayah 55 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 381 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:55
أَئِنَّكُمْلَتَأْتُونَٱلرِّجَالَشَهْوَةًمِّندُونِٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚبَلْأَنتُمْقَوْمٌتَجْهَلُونَ٥٥
a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla shahwatan min dūni l-nisāi bal antum qawmun tajhalūna

Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."(55)

Word by word

  1. أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumWhy do you
  2. لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
  3. ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
  4. شَهْوَةًshahwatan(with) lust
  5. مِّنmininstead of
  6. دُونِdūniinstead of
  7. ٱلنِّسَآءِ ۚl-nisāithe women
  8. بَلْbalNay
  9. أَنتُمْantumyou
  10. قَوْمٌqawmun(are) a people
  11. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

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