Surah Al-Hijr, Ayah 53 (15:53)

ٱلْحِجْر

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍ

Quran 15:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-Hijr (“The Rocky Tract”), a Meccan surah of 99 ayahs. It is in Juz 14, on page 265 of the Madani Mushaf.

15:53
قَالُوا۟لَاتَوْجَلْإِنَّانُبَشِّرُكَبِغُلَٰمٍعَلِيمٍ٥٣
qālū lā tawjal innā nubashiruka bighulāmin ʿalīmin

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."(53)

Word by word

  1. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  2. لَاlā(Do) not
  3. تَوْجَلْtawjalbe afraid
  4. إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
  5. نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[we] bring glad tidings to you
  6. بِغُلَٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
  7. عَلِيمٍʿalīminlearned

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