Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 5 (21:5)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بَِٔايَةٍ كَمَآ …

Quran 21:5 is ayah 5 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 322 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:5
بَلْقَالُوٓا۟أَضْغَٰثُأَحْلَٰمٍۭبَلِٱفْتَرَىٰهُبَلْهُوَشَاعِرٌفَلْيَأْتِنَابَِٔايَةٍكَمَآأُرْسِلَٱلْأَوَّلُونَ٥
bal qālū aḍghāthu aḥlāmin bali if'tarāhu bal huwa shāʿirun falyatinā biāyatin kamā ur'sila l-awalūna

But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."(5)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  3. أَضْغَٰثُaḍghāthuMuddled
  4. أَحْلَٰمٍۭaḥlāmindreams
  5. بَلِbalinay
  6. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُif'tarāhuhe (has) invented it
  7. بَلْbalnay
  8. هُوَhuwahe
  9. شَاعِرٌshāʿirun(is) a poet
  10. فَلْيَأْتِنَاfalyatināSo let him bring us
  11. بَِٔايَةٍbiāyatina sign
  12. كَمَآkamālike what
  13. أُرْسِلَur'silawas sent
  14. ٱلْأَوَّلُونَl-awalūna(to) the former

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