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Surah Al-An'am, Ayah 78 (6:78)

ٱلْأَنْعَام

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَٰذَا رَبِّى هَٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ …

Quran 6:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Al-An'am (“The Cattle”), a Meccan surah of 165 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 137 of the Madani Mushaf.

6:78
فَلَمَّارَءَاٱلشَّمْسَبَازِغَةًقَالَهَٰذَارَبِّىهَٰذَآأَكْبَرُ ۖفَلَمَّآأَفَلَتْقَالَيَٰقَوْمِإِنِّىبَرِىٓءٌمِّمَّاتُشْرِكُونَ٧٨
falammā raā l-shamsa bāzighatan qāla hādhā rabbī hādhā akbaru falammā afalat qāla yāqawmi innī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna

And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allāh.(78)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāWhen
  2. رَءَاraāhe saw
  3. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
  4. بَازِغَةًbāzighatanrising
  5. قَالَqālahe said
  6. هَٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
  7. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  8. هَٰذَآhādhāthis (is)
  9. أَكْبَرُ ۖakbarugreater
  10. فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
  11. أَفَلَتْafalatit set
  12. قَالَqālahe said
  13. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  14. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
  15. بَرِىٓءٌbarīonfree
  16. مِّمَّاmimmāof what
  17. تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate (with Allah)

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