Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 109 (17:109)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا ۩

Quran 17:109 is ayah 109 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 293 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:109 Sajdah
وَيَخِرُّونَلِلْأَذْقَانِيَبْكُونَوَيَزِيدُهُمْخُشُوعًا ۩١٠٩
wayakhirrūna lil'adhqāni yabkūna wayazīduhum khushūʿan

And they fall upon their faces weeping, and it [i.e., the Qur’ān] increases them in humble submission.(109)

Word by word

  1. وَيَخِرُّونَwayakhirrūnaAnd they fall
  2. لِلْأَذْقَانِlil'adhqānion their faces
  3. يَبْكُونَyabkūnaweeping
  4. وَيَزِيدُهُمْwayazīduhumand it increases them
  5. خُشُوعًا ۩khushūʿan(in) humility

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