Surah Ar-Rahman, Ayah 56 (55:56)

ٱلرَّحْمَٰن

فِيهِنَّ قَٰصِرَٰتُ ٱلطَّرْفِ لَمْ يَطْمِثْهُنَّ إِنسٌ قَبْلَهُمْ وَلَا جَآنٌّ

Quran 55:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Ar-Rahman (“The Beneficent”), a Medinan surah of 78 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 533 of the Madani Mushaf.

55:56
فِيهِنَّقَٰصِرَٰتُٱلطَّرْفِلَمْيَطْمِثْهُنَّإِنسٌقَبْلَهُمْوَلَاجَآنٌّ٥٦
fīhinna qāṣirātu l-ṭarfi lam yaṭmith'hunna insun qablahum walā jānnun

In them are women limiting [their] glances, untouched before them by man or jinnī -(56)

Word by word

  1. فِيهِنَّfīhinnaIn them
  2. قَٰصِرَٰتُqāṣirātu(will be) companions of modest gaze
  3. ٱلطَّرْفِl-ṭarfi(will be) companions of modest gaze
  4. لَمْlamnot
  5. يَطْمِثْهُنَّyaṭmith'hunnahas touched them
  6. إِنسٌinsunany man
  7. قَبْلَهُمْqablahumbefore them
  8. وَلَاwalāand not
  9. جَآنٌّjānnunany jinn

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