Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 17 (3:17)

آلِ عِمْرَان

ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَ وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَ وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَ بِٱلْأَسْحَارِ

Quran 3:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 52 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:17
ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَوَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَوَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَوَٱلْمُنفِقِينَوَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَبِٱلْأَسْحَارِ١٧
al-ṣābirīna wal-ṣādiqīna wal-qānitīna wal-munfiqīna wal-mus'taghfirīna bil-asḥāri

The patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allāh], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.(17)

Word by word

  1. ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَal-ṣābirīnaThe patient
  2. وَٱلصَّٰدِقِينَwal-ṣādiqīnaand the truthful
  3. وَٱلْقَٰنِتِينَwal-qānitīnaand the obedient
  4. وَٱلْمُنفِقِينَwal-munfiqīnaand those who spend
  5. وَٱلْمُسْتَغْفِرِينَwal-mus'taghfirīnaand those who seek forgiveness
  6. بِٱلْأَسْحَارِbil-asḥāri[in the] before dawn

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