Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 51 (37:51)

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قَالَ قَآئِلٌ مِّنْهُمْ إِنِّى كَانَ لِى قَرِينٌ

Quran 37:51 is ayah 51 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 447 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:51
قَالَقَآئِلٌمِّنْهُمْإِنِّىكَانَلِىقَرِينٌ٥١
qāla qāilun min'hum innī kāna lī qarīnun

A speaker among them will say, "Indeed, I had a companion [on earth].(51)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaWill say
  2. قَآئِلٌqāiluna speaker
  3. مِّنْهُمْmin'humamong them
  4. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  5. كَانَkānahad
  6. لِىlīfor me
  7. قَرِينٌqarīnuna companion

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