Surah Al-Jumu'ah, Ayah 2 (62:2)

ٱلْجُمُعَة

هُوَ ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّۧنَ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ …

Quran 62:2 is ayah 2 of Surah Al-Jumu'ah (“The Congregation, Friday”), a Medinan surah of 11 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 553 of the Madani Mushaf.

62:2
هُوَٱلَّذِىبَعَثَفِىٱلْأُمِّيِّۧنَرَسُولًامِّنْهُمْيَتْلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتِهِۦوَيُزَكِّيهِمْوَيُعَلِّمُهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحِكْمَةَوَإِنكَانُوا۟مِنقَبْلُلَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ٢
huwa alladhī baʿatha fī l-umiyīna rasūlan min'hum yatlū ʿalayhim āyātihi wayuzakkīhim wayuʿallimuhumu l-kitāba wal-ḥik'mata wa-in kānū min qablu lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

It is He who has sent among the unlettered [Arabs] a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom [i.e., the sunnah] - although they were before in clear error -(2)

Word by word

  1. هُوَhuwaHe
  2. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(is) the One Who
  3. بَعَثَbaʿathasent
  4. فِىfīamong
  5. ٱلْأُمِّيِّۧنَl-umiyīnathe unlettered
  6. رَسُولًاrasūlana Messenger
  7. مِّنْهُمْmin'humfrom themselves
  8. يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
  9. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  10. ءَايَٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
  11. وَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand purifying them
  12. وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand teaching them
  13. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  14. وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom
  15. وَإِنwa-inalthough
  16. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  17. مِنminfrom
  18. قَبْلُqablubefore
  19. لَفِىlafīsurely in
  20. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālinan error
  21. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

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