Surah Al-Anbya, Ayah 77 (21:77)

ٱلْأَنْبِيَاء

وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ …

Quran 21:77 is ayah 77 of Surah Al-Anbya (“The Prophets”), a Meccan surah of 112 ayahs. It is in Juz 17, on page 328 of the Madani Mushaf.

21:77
وَنَصَرْنَٰهُمِنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلَّذِينَكَذَّبُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚإِنَّهُمْكَانُوا۟قَوْمَسَوْءٍفَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْأَجْمَعِينَ٧٧
wanaṣarnāhu mina l-qawmi alladhīna kadhabū biāyātinā innahum kānū qawma sawin fa-aghraqnāhum ajmaʿīna

And We aided [i.e., saved] him from the people who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a people of evil, so We drowned them, all together.(77)

Word by word

  1. وَنَصَرْنَٰهُwanaṣarnāhuAnd We helped him
  2. مِنَminafrom
  3. ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmithe people
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
  5. كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdenied
  6. بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ ۚbiāyātināOur Signs
  7. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  8. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  9. قَوْمَqawmaa people
  10. سَوْءٍsawinevil
  11. فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْfa-aghraqnāhumso We drowned them
  12. أَجْمَعِينَajmaʿīnaall

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