Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 58 (21:58)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

Quran 21:58 is ayah 58 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 327 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:58
فَجَعَلَهُمْجُذَٰذًاإِلَّاكَبِيرًالَّهُمْلَعَلَّهُمْإِلَيْهِيَرْجِعُونَ٥٨
fajaʿalahum judhādhan illā kabīran lahum laʿallahum ilayhi yarjiʿūna

So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].(58)

Word by word

  1. فَجَعَلَهُمْfajaʿalahumSo he made them
  2. جُذَٰذًاjudhādhan(into) pieces
  3. إِلَّاillāexcept
  4. كَبِيرًاkabīrana large (one)
  5. لَّهُمْlahumof them
  6. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  7. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  8. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

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