Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 54 (21:54)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

Quran 21:54 is ayah 54 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 326 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:54
قَالَلَقَدْكُنتُمْأَنتُمْوَءَابَآؤُكُمْفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٥٤
qāla laqad kuntum antum waābāukum fī ḍalālin mubīnin

He said, "You were certainly, you and your fathers, in manifest error."(54)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. لَقَدْlaqadVerily
  3. كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
  4. أَنتُمْantum[you]
  5. وَءَابَآؤُكُمْwaābāukumand your forefathers
  6. فِىfī(were) in
  7. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinan error
  8. مُّبِينٍmubīninmanifest

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