Surah Hud, Ayah 59 (11:59)

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وَتِلْكَ عَادٌ ۖ جَحَدُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَصَوْا۟ رُسُلَهُۥ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ كُلِّ جَبَّارٍ …

Quran 11:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 228 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:59
وَتِلْكَعَادٌ ۖجَحَدُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِرَبِّهِمْوَعَصَوْا۟رُسُلَهُۥوَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟أَمْرَكُلِّجَبَّارٍعَنِيدٍ٥٩
watil'ka ʿādun jaḥadū biāyāti rabbihim waʿaṣaw rusulahu wa-ittabaʿū amra kulli jabbārin ʿanīdin

And that was ʿAad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.(59)

Word by word

  1. وَتِلْكَwatil'kaAnd this
  2. عَادٌ ۖʿādun(was) Aad
  3. جَحَدُوا۟jaḥadūthey rejected
  4. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
  5. رَبِّهِمْrabbihim(of) their Lord
  6. وَعَصَوْا۟waʿaṣawand disobeyed
  7. رُسُلَهُۥrusulahuHis Messengers
  8. وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
  9. أَمْرَamra(the) command
  10. كُلِّkulli(of) every
  11. جَبَّارٍjabbārintyrant
  12. عَنِيدٍʿanīdinobstinate

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