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Surah Saba, Ayah 41 (34:41)

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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَكَ أَنتَ وَلِيُّنَا مِن دُونِهِم ۖ بَلْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْبُدُونَ ٱلْجِنَّ ۖ أَكْثَرُهُم …

Quran 34:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Saba (“Sheba”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 22, on page 433 of the Madani Mushaf.

34:41
قَالُوا۟سُبْحَٰنَكَأَنتَوَلِيُّنَامِندُونِهِم ۖبَلْكَانُوا۟يَعْبُدُونَٱلْجِنَّ ۖأَكْثَرُهُمبِهِممُّؤْمِنُونَ٤١
qālū sub'ḥānaka anta waliyyunā min dūnihim bal kānū yaʿbudūna l-jina aktharuhum bihim mu'minūna

They will say, "Exalted are You! You, [O Allāh], are our benefactor excluding [i.e., not] them. Rather, they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."(41)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey will say
  2. سُبْحَٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
  3. أَنتَantaYou
  4. وَلِيُّنَاwaliyyunā(are) our Protector
  5. مِنminnot them
  6. دُونِهِم ۖdūnihimnot them
  7. بَلْbalNay
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūthey used
  9. يَعْبُدُونَyaʿbudūna(to) worship
  10. ٱلْجِنَّ ۖl-jinathe jinn
  11. أَكْثَرُهُمaktharuhummost of them
  12. بِهِمbihimin them
  13. مُّؤْمِنُونَmu'minūna(were) believers

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