Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 11 (28:11)

ٱلْقَصَص

وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ ۖ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Quran 28:11 is ayah 11 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 386 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:11
وَقَالَتْلِأُخْتِهِۦقُصِّيهِ ۖفَبَصُرَتْبِهِۦعَنجُنُبٍوَهُمْلَايَشْعُرُونَ١١
waqālat li-ukh'tihi quṣṣīhi fabaṣurat bihi ʿan junubin wahum lā yashʿurūna

And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.(11)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَتْwaqālatAnd she said
  2. لِأُخْتِهِۦli-ukh'tihito his sister
  3. قُصِّيهِ ۖquṣṣīhiFollow him
  4. فَبَصُرَتْfabaṣuratSo she watched
  5. بِهِۦbihihim
  6. عَنʿanfrom
  7. جُنُبٍjunubina distance
  8. وَهُمْwahumwhile they
  9. لَاlā(did) not
  10. يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnaperceive

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