Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 52 (29:52)

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قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيدًا ۖ يَعْلَمُ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗ …

Quran 29:52 is ayah 52 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 402 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:52
قُلْكَفَىٰبِٱللَّهِبَيْنِىوَبَيْنَكُمْشَهِيدًا ۖيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗوَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟بِٱلْبَٰطِلِوَكَفَرُوا۟بِٱللَّهِأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ٥٢
qul kafā bil-lahi baynī wabaynakum shahīdan yaʿlamu mā fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wa-alladhīna āmanū bil-bāṭili wakafarū bil-lahi ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

Say, "Sufficient is Allāh between me and you as Witness. He knows what is in the heavens and earth. And they who have believed in falsehood and disbelieved in Allāh - it is those who are the losers."(52)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. كَفَىٰkafāSufficient is
  3. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiAllah
  4. بَيْنِىbaynībetween me
  5. وَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakumand between you
  6. شَهِيدًا ۖshahīdan(as) a Witness
  7. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuHe knows
  8. مَاmāwhat
  9. فِىfī(is) in
  10. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwātithe heavens
  11. وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۗwal-arḍiand the earth
  12. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  13. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
  14. بِٱلْبَٰطِلِbil-bāṭiliin [the] falsehood
  15. وَكَفَرُوا۟wakafarūand disbelieve
  16. بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiin Allah
  17. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  18. هُمُhumuthey
  19. ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

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