Surah Adh-Dhariyat, Ayah 28 (51:28)

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فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Quran 51:28 is ayah 28 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.

51:28
فَأَوْجَسَمِنْهُمْخِيفَةً ۖقَالُوا۟لَاتَخَفْ ۖوَبَشَّرُوهُبِغُلَٰمٍعَلِيمٍ٢٨
fa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabasharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīmin

And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.(28)

Word by word

  1. فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasaThen he felt
  2. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
  3. خِيفَةً ۖkhīfatana fear
  4. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  5. لَاlā(Do) not
  6. تَخَفْ ۖtakhaffear
  7. وَبَشَّرُوهُwabasharūhuand they gave him glad tidings
  8. بِغُلَٰمٍbighulāminof a son
  9. عَلِيمٍʿalīminlearned

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