Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 49 (29:49)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

بَلْ هُوَ ءَايَٰتٌۢ بَيِّنَٰتٌ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚ وَمَا يَجْحَدُ بَِٔايَٰتِنَآ …

Quran 29:49 is ayah 49 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 402 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:49
بَلْهُوَءَايَٰتٌۢبَيِّنَٰتٌفِىصُدُورِٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚوَمَايَجْحَدُبَِٔايَٰتِنَآإِلَّاٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ٤٩
bal huwa āyātun bayyinātun fī ṣudūri alladhīna ūtū l-ʿil'ma wamā yajḥadu biāyātinā illā l-ẓālimūna

Rather, it [i.e., the Qur’ān] is distinct verses [preserved] within the breasts of those who have been given knowledge. And none reject Our verses except the wrongdoers.(49)

Word by word

  1. بَلْbalNay
  2. هُوَhuwait
  3. ءَايَٰتٌۢāyātun(is) Verses
  4. بَيِّنَٰتٌbayyinātunclear
  5. فِىfīin
  6. صُدُورِṣudūri(the) breasts
  7. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
  8. أُوتُوا۟ūtūare given
  9. ٱلْعِلْمَ ۚl-ʿil'mathe knowledge
  10. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  11. يَجْحَدُyajḥadureject
  12. بَِٔايَٰتِنَآbiāyātināOur Verses
  13. إِلَّاillāexcept
  14. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūnathe wrongdoers

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