Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 39 (28:39)

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وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ هُوَ وَجُنُودُهُۥ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا …

Quran 28:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 390 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:39
وَٱسْتَكْبَرَهُوَوَجُنُودُهُۥفِىٱلْأَرْضِبِغَيْرِٱلْحَقِّوَظَنُّوٓا۟أَنَّهُمْإِلَيْنَالَايُرْجَعُونَ٣٩
wa-is'takbara huwa wajunūduhu fī l-arḍi bighayri l-ḥaqi waẓannū annahum ilaynā lā yur'jaʿūna

And he was arrogant, he and his soldiers, in the land, without right, and they thought that they would not be returned to Us.(39)

Word by word

  1. وَٱسْتَكْبَرَwa-is'takbaraAnd he was arrogant
  2. هُوَhuwaAnd he was arrogant
  3. وَجُنُودُهُۥwajunūduhuand his hosts
  4. فِىfīin
  5. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe land
  6. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  7. ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqiright
  8. وَظَنُّوٓا۟waẓannūand they thought
  9. أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
  10. إِلَيْنَاilaynāto Us
  11. لَاlānot
  12. يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūnawill be returned

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