Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 97 (37:97)

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قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

Quran 37:97 is ayah 97 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 449 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:97
قَالُوا۟ٱبْنُوا۟لَهُۥبُنْيَٰنًافَأَلْقُوهُفِىٱلْجَحِيمِ٩٧
qālū ib'nū lahu bun'yānan fa-alqūhu fī l-jaḥīmi

They said, "Construct for him a structure [i.e., furnace] and throw him into the burning fire."(97)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. ٱبْنُوا۟ib'nūBuild
  3. لَهُۥlahufor him
  4. بُنْيَٰنًاbun'yānana structure
  5. فَأَلْقُوهُfa-alqūhuand throw him
  6. فِىfīinto
  7. ٱلْجَحِيمِl-jaḥīmithe blazing Fire

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