Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 44 (6:44)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَبْوَٰبَ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَرِحُوا۟ …

Quran 6:44 is ayah 44 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 132 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:44
فَلَمَّانَسُوا۟مَاذُكِّرُوا۟بِهِۦفَتَحْنَاعَلَيْهِمْأَبْوَٰبَكُلِّشَىْءٍحَتَّىٰٓإِذَافَرِحُوا۟بِمَآأُوتُوٓا۟أَخَذْنَٰهُمبَغْتَةًفَإِذَاهُممُّبْلِسُونَ٤٤
falammā nasū mā dhukkirū bihi fataḥnā ʿalayhim abwāba kulli shayin ḥattā idhā fariḥū bimā ūtū akhadhnāhum baghtatan fa-idhā hum mub'lisūna

So when they forgot that by which they had been reminded, We opened to them the doors of every [good] thing until, when they rejoiced in that which they were given, We seized them suddenly, and they were [then] in despair.(44)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāSo when
  2. نَسُوا۟nasūthey forgot
  3. مَاmāwhat
  4. ذُكِّرُوا۟dhukkirūthey were reminded
  5. بِهِۦbihiof [it]
  6. فَتَحْنَاfataḥnāWe opened
  7. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimon them
  8. أَبْوَٰبَabwābagates
  9. كُلِّkulli(of) every
  10. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  11. حَتَّىٰٓḥattāuntil
  12. إِذَاidhāwhen
  13. فَرِحُوا۟fariḥūthey rejoiced
  14. بِمَآbimāin what
  15. أُوتُوٓا۟ūtūthey were given
  16. أَخَذْنَٰهُمakhadhnāhumWe seized them
  17. بَغْتَةًbaghtatansuddenly
  18. فَإِذَاfa-idhāand then
  19. هُمhumthey
  20. مُّبْلِسُونَmub'lisūna(were) dumbfounded

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