Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 191 (3:191)

آلِ عِمْرَان

ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى خَلْقِ …

Quran 3:191 is ayah 191 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 75 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:191
ٱلَّذِينَيَذْكُرُونَٱللَّهَقِيَٰمًاوَقُعُودًاوَعَلَىٰجُنُوبِهِمْوَيَتَفَكَّرُونَفِىخَلْقِٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِرَبَّنَامَاخَلَقْتَهَٰذَابَٰطِلًاسُبْحَٰنَكَفَقِنَاعَذَابَٱلنَّارِ١٩١
alladhīna yadhkurūna l-laha qiyāman waquʿūdan waʿalā junūbihim wayatafakkarūna fī khalqi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan sub'ḥānaka faqinā ʿadhāba l-nāri

Who remember Allāh while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire.(191)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnaremember
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  4. قِيَٰمًاqiyāmanstanding
  5. وَقُعُودًاwaquʿūdanand sitting
  6. وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand on
  7. جُنُوبِهِمْjunūbihimtheir sides
  8. وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَwayatafakkarūnaand they reflect
  9. فِىfīon
  10. خَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation
  11. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
  12. وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
  13. رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
  14. مَاmānot
  15. خَلَقْتَkhalaqtaYou have created
  16. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  17. بَٰطِلًاbāṭilan(in) vain
  18. سُبْحَٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
  19. فَقِنَاfaqināso save us
  20. عَذَابَʿadhāba(from the) punishment
  21. ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire

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