Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 10 (37:10)

ٱلصَّافَّات

إِلَّا مَنْ خَطِفَ ٱلْخَطْفَةَ فَأَتْبَعَهُۥ شِهَابٌ ثَاقِبٌ

Quran 37:10 is ayah 10 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 446 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:10
إِلَّامَنْخَطِفَٱلْخَطْفَةَفَأَتْبَعَهُۥشِهَابٌثَاقِبٌ١٠
illā man khaṭifa l-khaṭfata fa-atbaʿahu shihābun thāqibun

Except one who snatches [some words] by theft, but they are pursued by a burning flame, piercing [in brightness].(10)

Word by word

  1. إِلَّاillāExcept
  2. مَنْman(him) who
  3. خَطِفَkhaṭifasnatches
  4. ٱلْخَطْفَةَl-khaṭfata(by) theft
  5. فَأَتْبَعَهُۥfa-atbaʿahubut follows him
  6. شِهَابٌshihābuna burning flame
  7. ثَاقِبٌthāqibunpiercing

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