Surah Ya-Sin, Ayah 29 (36:29)

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إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

Quran 36:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Ya-Sin (“Ya Sin”), a Meccan surah of 83 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 442 of the Madani Mushaf.

36:29
إِنكَانَتْإِلَّاصَيْحَةًوَٰحِدَةًفَإِذَاهُمْخَٰمِدُونَ٢٩
in kānat illā ṣayḥatan wāḥidatan fa-idhā hum khāmidūna

It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.(29)

Word by word

  1. إِنinNot
  2. كَانَتْkānatit was
  3. إِلَّاillābut
  4. صَيْحَةًṣayḥatana shout
  5. وَٰحِدَةًwāḥidatanone
  6. فَإِذَاfa-idhāthen behold
  7. هُمْhumThey
  8. خَٰمِدُونَkhāmidūna(were) extinguished

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