Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 29 (29:29)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ وَتَقْطَعُونَ ٱلسَّبِيلَ وَتَأْتُونَ فِى نَادِيكُمُ ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖ …

Quran 29:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 399 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:29
أَئِنَّكُمْلَتَأْتُونَٱلرِّجَالَوَتَقْطَعُونَٱلسَّبِيلَوَتَأْتُونَفِىنَادِيكُمُٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖفَمَاكَانَجَوَابَقَوْمِهِۦٓإِلَّآأَنقَالُوا۟ٱئْتِنَابِعَذَابِٱللَّهِإِنكُنتَمِنَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ٢٩
a-innakum latatūna l-rijāla wataqṭaʿūna l-sabīla watatūna fī nādīkumu l-munkara famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū i'tinā biʿadhābi l-lahi in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna

Indeed, you approach men and obstruct the road and commit in your meetings [every] evil." And the answer of his people was not but that they said, "Bring us the punishment of Allāh, if you should be of the truthful."(29)

Word by word

  1. أَئِنَّكُمْa-innakumIndeed, you
  2. لَتَأْتُونَlatatūnaapproach
  3. ٱلرِّجَالَl-rijālathe men
  4. وَتَقْطَعُونَwataqṭaʿūnaand you cut off
  5. ٱلسَّبِيلَl-sabīlathe road
  6. وَتَأْتُونَwatatūnaand commit
  7. فِىfīin
  8. نَادِيكُمُnādīkumuyour meetings
  9. ٱلْمُنكَرَ ۖl-munkaraevil
  10. فَمَاfamāAnd not
  11. كَانَkānawas
  12. جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
  13. قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
  14. إِلَّآillāexcept
  15. أَنanthat
  16. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  17. ٱئْتِنَاi'tināBring upon us
  18. بِعَذَابِbiʿadhābi(the) punishment
  19. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  20. إِنinif
  21. كُنتَkuntayou are
  22. مِنَminaof
  23. ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīnathe truthful

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