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Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 74 (21:74)

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وَلُوطًا ءَاتَيْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا وَعِلْمًا وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَت تَّعْمَلُ …

Quran 21:74 is ayah 74 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 328 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:74
وَلُوطًاءَاتَيْنَٰهُحُكْمًاوَعِلْمًاوَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمِنَٱلْقَرْيَةِٱلَّتِىكَانَتتَّعْمَلُٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ ۗإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَوْمَسَوْءٍفَٰسِقِينَ٧٤
walūṭan ātaynāhu ḥuk'man waʿil'man wanajjaynāhu mina l-qaryati allatī kānat taʿmalu l-khabāitha innahum kānū qawma sawin fāsiqīna

And to Lot We gave judgement and knowledge, and We saved him from the city that was committing wicked deeds. Indeed, they were a people of evil, defiantly disobedient.(74)

Word by word

  1. وَلُوطًاwalūṭanAnd (to) Lut
  2. ءَاتَيْنَٰهُātaynāhuWe gave him
  3. حُكْمًاḥuk'manjudgment
  4. وَعِلْمًاwaʿil'manand knowledge
  5. وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُwanajjaynāhuand We saved him
  6. مِنَminafrom
  7. ٱلْقَرْيَةِl-qaryatithe town
  8. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhich
  9. كَانَتkānatwas
  10. تَّعْمَلُtaʿmaludoing
  11. ٱلْخَبَٰٓئِثَ ۗl-khabāithawicked deeds
  12. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  13. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  14. قَوْمَqawmaa people
  15. سَوْءٍsawinevil
  16. فَٰسِقِينَfāsiqīnadefiantly disobedient

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