Surah Al-'Ankabut, Ayah 65 (29:65)

ٱلْعَنْكَبُوت

فَإِذَا رَكِبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ دَعَوُا۟ ٱللَّهَ مُخْلِصِينَ لَهُ ٱلدِّينَ فَلَمَّا نَجَّىٰهُمْ إِلَى …

Quran 29:65 is ayah 65 of Surah Al-'Ankabut (“The Spider”), a Meccan surah of 69 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 404 of the Madani Mushaf.

29:65
فَإِذَارَكِبُوا۟فِىٱلْفُلْكِدَعَوُا۟ٱللَّهَمُخْلِصِينَلَهُٱلدِّينَفَلَمَّانَجَّىٰهُمْإِلَىٱلْبَرِّإِذَاهُمْيُشْرِكُونَ٦٥
fa-idhā rakibū fī l-ful'ki daʿawū l-laha mukh'liṣīna lahu l-dīna falammā najjāhum ilā l-bari idhā hum yush'rikūna

And when they board a ship, they supplicate Allāh, sincere to Him in religion [i.e., faith and hope]. But when He delivers them to the land, at once they associate others with Him(65)

Word by word

  1. فَإِذَاfa-idhāAnd when
  2. رَكِبُوا۟rakibūthey embark
  3. فِىfī[in]
  4. ٱلْفُلْكِl-ful'kithe ship
  5. دَعَوُا۟daʿawūthey call
  6. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  7. مُخْلِصِينَmukh'liṣīna(being) sincere
  8. لَهُlahuto Him
  9. ٱلدِّينَl-dīna(in) the religion
  10. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  11. نَجَّىٰهُمْnajjāhumHe delivers them
  12. إِلَىilāto
  13. ٱلْبَرِّl-barithe land
  14. إِذَاidhābehold
  15. هُمْhumthey
  16. يُشْرِكُونَyush'rikūnaassociate partners (with Him)

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