Surah Sad, Ayah 63 (38:63)

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أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْ سِخْرِيًّا أَمْ زَاغَتْ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ

Quran 38:63 is ayah 63 of Surah Sad (“The Letter "Saad"”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 457 of the Madani Mushaf.

38:63
أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْسِخْرِيًّاأَمْزَاغَتْعَنْهُمُٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ٦٣
attakhadhnāhum sikh'riyyan am zāghat ʿanhumu l-abṣāru

Is it [because] we took them in ridicule, or has [our] vision turned away from them?"(63)

Word by word

  1. أَتَّخَذْنَٰهُمْattakhadhnāhumDid we take them
  2. سِخْرِيًّاsikh'riyyan(in) ridicule
  3. أَمْamor
  4. زَاغَتْzāghathas turned away
  5. عَنْهُمُʿanhumufrom them
  6. ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُl-abṣāruthe vision

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