Surah Al-Mu'minun, Ayah 69 (23:69)

ٱلْمُؤْمِنُون

أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا۟ رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُۥ مُنكِرُونَ

Quran 23:69 is ayah 69 of Surah Al-Mu'minun (“The Believers”), a Meccan surah of 118 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 346 of the Madani Mushaf.

23:69
أَمْلَمْيَعْرِفُوا۟رَسُولَهُمْفَهُمْلَهُۥمُنكِرُونَ٦٩
am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna

Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?(69)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. لَمْlam(do) not
  3. يَعْرِفُوا۟yaʿrifūthey recognize
  4. رَسُولَهُمْrasūlahumtheir Messenger
  5. فَهُمْfahumso they
  6. لَهُۥlahu(are) rejecting him
  7. مُنكِرُونَmunkirūna(are) rejecting him

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