وَمَا لَكُمْ لَا تُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ ۙ وَٱلرَّسُولُ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِرَبِّكُمْ وَقَدْ …

Quran 57:8 is ayah 8 of Surah Al-Hadid (“The Iron”), a Medinan surah of 29 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 538 of the Madani Mushaf.

Juz 27
Hizb 54
Page 538
Ruku 1
Revealed Medina

57:8

وَمَالَكُمْلَاتُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِ ۙوَٱلرَّسُولُيَدْعُوكُمْلِتُؤْمِنُوا۟بِرَبِّكُمْوَقَدْأَخَذَمِيثَٰقَكُمْإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ٨

wamā lakum lā tu'minūna bil-lahi wal-rasūlu yadʿūkum litu'minū birabbikum waqad akhadha mīthāqakum in kuntum mu'minīna

And why do you not believe in Allāh while the Messenger invites you to believe in your Lord and He has taken your covenant, if you should [truly] be believers?(8)

Word by word

وَمَاwamāAnd what
لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
لَاlā(that) not
تُؤْمِنُونَtu'minūnayou believe
بِٱللَّهِ ۙbil-lahiin Allah
وَٱلرَّسُولُwal-rasūluwhile the Messenger
يَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkumcalls you
لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟litu'minūthat you believe
بِرَبِّكُمْbirabbikumin your Lord
وَقَدْwaqadand indeed
أَخَذَakhadhaHe has taken
مِيثَٰقَكُمْmīthāqakumyour covenant
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

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