Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 23 (51:23)

ٱلذَّارِيَات

فَوَرَبِّ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ مِّثْلَ مَآ أَنَّكُمْ تَنطِقُونَ

Quran 51:23 is ayah 23 of Surah Adh-Dhariyat (“The Winnowing Winds”), a Meccan surah of 60 ayahs. It is in Juz 26, on page 521 of the Madani Mushaf.

51:23
فَوَرَبِّٱلسَّمَآءِوَٱلْأَرْضِإِنَّهُۥلَحَقٌّمِّثْلَمَآأَنَّكُمْتَنطِقُونَ٢٣
fawarabbi l-samāi wal-arḍi innahu laḥaqqun mith'la mā annakum tanṭiqūna

Then by the Lord of the heaven and earth, indeed, it is truth - just as [sure as] it is that you are speaking.(23)

Word by word

  1. فَوَرَبِّfawarabbiThen by (the) Lord
  2. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi(of) the heaven
  3. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuindeed, it
  5. لَحَقٌّlaḥaqqun(is) surely (the) truth
  6. مِّثْلَmith'la(just) as
  7. مَآmā[what]
  8. أَنَّكُمْannakumyou
  9. تَنطِقُونَtanṭiqūnaspeak

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