Surah An-Naml, Ayah 28 (27:28)

ٱلنَّمْل

ٱذْهَب بِّكِتَٰبِى هَٰذَا فَأَلْقِهْ إِلَيْهِمْ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ مَاذَا يَرْجِعُونَ

Quran 27:28 is ayah 28 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 379 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:28
ٱذْهَببِّكِتَٰبِىهَٰذَافَأَلْقِهْإِلَيْهِمْثُمَّتَوَلَّعَنْهُمْفَٱنظُرْمَاذَايَرْجِعُونَ٢٨
idh'hab bikitābī hādhā fa-alqih ilayhim thumma tawalla ʿanhum fa-unẓur mādhā yarjiʿūna

Take this letter of mine and deliver it to them. Then leave them and see what [answer] they will return."(28)

Word by word

  1. ٱذْهَبidh'habGo
  2. بِّكِتَٰبِىbikitābīwith my letter
  3. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  4. فَأَلْقِهْfa-alqihand deliver it
  5. إِلَيْهِمْilayhimto them
  6. ثُمَّthummaThen
  7. تَوَلَّtawallaturn away
  8. عَنْهُمْʿanhumfrom them
  9. فَٱنظُرْfa-unẓurand see
  10. مَاذَاmādhāwhat
  11. يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnathey return

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