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Surah Al-Ahzab, Ayah 10 (33:10)

ٱلْأَحْزَاب

إِذْ جَآءُوكُم مِّن فَوْقِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَإِذْ زَاغَتِ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَبَلَغَتِ …

Quran 33:10 is ayah 10 of Surah Al-Ahzab (“The Combined Forces”), a Medinan surah of 73 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 419 of the Madani Mushaf.

33:10
إِذْجَآءُوكُممِّنفَوْقِكُمْوَمِنْأَسْفَلَمِنكُمْوَإِذْزَاغَتِٱلْأَبْصَٰرُوَبَلَغَتِٱلْقُلُوبُٱلْحَنَاجِرَوَتَظُنُّونَبِٱللَّهِٱلظُّنُونَا۠١٠
idh jāūkum min fawqikum wamin asfala minkum wa-idh zāghati l-abṣāru wabalaghati l-qulūbu l-ḥanājira wataẓunnūna bil-lahi l-ẓunūnā

[Remember] when they came at you from above you and from below you, and when eyes shifted [in fear], and hearts reached the throats, and you assumed about Allāh [various] assumptions.(10)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. جَآءُوكُمjāūkumthey came upon you
  3. مِّنminfrom
  4. فَوْقِكُمْfawqikumabove you
  5. وَمِنْwaminand from
  6. أَسْفَلَasfalabelow
  7. مِنكُمْminkumyou
  8. وَإِذْwa-idhand when
  9. زَاغَتِzāghatigrew wild
  10. ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُl-abṣāruthe eyes
  11. وَبَلَغَتِwabalaghatiand reached
  12. ٱلْقُلُوبُl-qulūbuthe hearts
  13. ٱلْحَنَاجِرَl-ḥanājirathe throats
  14. وَتَظُنُّونَwataẓunnūnaand you assumed
  15. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiabout Allah
  16. ٱلظُّنُونَا۠l-ẓunūnāthe assumptions

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