Surah Hud, Ayah 64 (11:64)

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وَيَٰقَوْمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا …

Quran 11:64 is ayah 64 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 229 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:64
وَيَٰقَوْمِهَٰذِهِۦنَاقَةُٱللَّهِلَكُمْءَايَةًفَذَرُوهَاتَأْكُلْفِىٓأَرْضِٱللَّهِوَلَاتَمَسُّوهَابِسُوٓءٍفَيَأْخُذَكُمْعَذَابٌقَرِيبٌ٦٤
wayāqawmi hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun

And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."(64)

Word by word

  1. وَيَٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
  2. هَٰذِهِۦhādhihiThis
  3. نَاقَةُnāqatushe-camel
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  5. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
  6. ءَايَةًāyatana Sign
  7. فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhāso leave her
  8. تَأْكُلْtakulto eat
  9. فِىٓfīin
  10. أَرْضِarḍithe earth
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  12. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  13. تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhātouch her
  14. بِسُوٓءٍbisūinwith harm
  15. فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakumlest will seize you
  16. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
  17. قَرِيبٌqarībunimpending

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