Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 53 (28:53)

ٱلْقَصَص

وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن …

Quran 28:53 is ayah 53 of Surah Al-Qasas (“The Stories”), a Meccan surah of 88 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 392 of the Madani Mushaf.

28:53
وَإِذَايُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِمْقَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّابِهِۦٓإِنَّهُٱلْحَقُّمِنرَّبِّنَآإِنَّاكُنَّامِنقَبْلِهِۦمُسْلِمِينَ٥٣
wa-idhā yut'lā ʿalayhim qālū āmannā bihi innahu l-ḥaqu min rabbinā innā kunnā min qablihi mus'limīna

And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."(53)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. يُتْلَىٰyut'lāit is recited
  3. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  4. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  5. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
  6. بِهِۦٓbihiin it
  7. إِنَّهُinnahuIndeed, it
  8. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
  9. مِنminfrom
  10. رَّبِّنَآrabbināour Lord
  11. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  12. كُنَّاkunnā[we] were
  13. مِنminbefore it
  14. قَبْلِهِۦqablihibefore it
  15. مُسْلِمِينَmus'limīnaMuslims

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