Surah Al-Isra, Ayah 3 (17:3)

ٱلْإِسْرَاء

ذُرِّيَّةَ مَنْ حَمَلْنَا مَعَ نُوحٍ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَبْدًا شَكُورًا

Quran 17:3 is ayah 3 of Surah Al-Isra (“The Night Journey”), a Meccan surah of 111 ayahs. It is in Juz 15, on page 282 of the Madani Mushaf.

17:3
ذُرِّيَّةَمَنْحَمَلْنَامَعَنُوحٍ ۚإِنَّهُۥكَانَعَبْدًاشَكُورًا٣
dhurriyyata man ḥamalnā maʿa nūḥin innahu kāna ʿabdan shakūran

O descendants of those We carried [in the ship] with Noah. Indeed, he was a grateful servant.(3)

Word by word

  1. ذُرِّيَّةَdhurriyyataOffsprings
  2. مَنْman(of one) who
  3. حَمَلْنَاḥamalnāWe carried
  4. مَعَmaʿawith
  5. نُوحٍ ۚnūḥinNuh
  6. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  7. كَانَkānawas
  8. عَبْدًاʿabdana servant
  9. شَكُورًاshakūrangrateful

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