Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 109 (21:109)

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فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَقُلْ ءَاذَنتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَآءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا …

Quran 21:109 is ayah 109 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 331 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:109
فَإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَقُلْءَاذَنتُكُمْعَلَىٰسَوَآءٍ ۖوَإِنْأَدْرِىٓأَقَرِيبٌأَمبَعِيدٌمَّاتُوعَدُونَ١٠٩
fa-in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāin wa-in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna

But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.(109)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  2. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
  3. فَقُلْfaqulthen say
  4. ءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukumI (have) announced to you
  5. عَلَىٰʿalāequally
  6. سَوَآءٍ ۖsawāinequally
  7. وَإِنْwa-inAnd not
  8. أَدْرِىٓadrīI know
  9. أَقَرِيبٌaqarībunwhether is near
  10. أَمamor
  11. بَعِيدٌbaʿīdunfar
  12. مَّاmāwhat
  13. تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūnayou are promised

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