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Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 51 (68:51)

ٱلْقَلَم

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ …

Quran 68:51 is ayah 51 of Surah Al-Qalam (“The Pen”), a Meccan surah of 52 ayahs. It is in Juz 29, on page 566 of the Madani Mushaf.

68:51
وَإِنيَكَادُٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَيُزْلِقُونَكَبِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْلَمَّاسَمِعُوا۟ٱلذِّكْرَوَيَقُولُونَإِنَّهُۥلَمَجْنُونٌ٥١
wa-in yakādu alladhīna kafarū layuz'liqūnaka bi-abṣārihim lammā samiʿū l-dhik'ra wayaqūlūna innahu lamajnūnun

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."(51)

Word by word

  1. وَإِنwa-inAnd indeed
  2. يَكَادُyakāduwould almost
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
  5. لَيُزْلِقُونَكَlayuz'liqūnakasurely make you slip
  6. بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْbi-abṣārihimwith their look
  7. لَمَّاlammāwhen
  8. سَمِعُوا۟samiʿūthey hear
  9. ٱلذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Message
  10. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
  11. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
  12. لَمَجْنُونٌlamajnūnun(is) surely mad

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