Surah As-Saf, Ayah 4 (61:4)

ٱلصَّفّ

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحِبُّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِهِۦ صَفًّا كَأَنَّهُم بُنْيَٰنٌ مَّرْصُوصٌ

Quran 61:4 is ayah 4 of Surah As-Saf (“The Ranks”), a Medinan surah of 14 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 551 of the Madani Mushaf.

61:4
إِنَّٱللَّهَيُحِبُّٱلَّذِينَيُقَٰتِلُونَفِىسَبِيلِهِۦصَفًّاكَأَنَّهُمبُنْيَٰنٌمَّرْصُوصٌ٤
inna l-laha yuḥibbu alladhīna yuqātilūna fī sabīlihi ṣaffan ka-annahum bun'yānun marṣūṣun

Indeed, Allāh loves those who fight in His cause in a row as though they are a [single] structure joined firmly.(4)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  2. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  3. يُحِبُّyuḥibbuloves
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. يُقَٰتِلُونَyuqātilūnafight
  6. فِىfīin
  7. سَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis Way
  8. صَفًّاṣaffan(in) a row
  9. كَأَنَّهُمka-annahumas if they
  10. بُنْيَٰنٌbun'yānun(were) a structure
  11. مَّرْصُوصٌmarṣūṣunjoined firmly

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