Surah An-Naml, Ayah 43 (27:43)

ٱلنَّمْل

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَٰفِرِينَ

Quran 27:43 is ayah 43 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 19, on page 380 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:43
وَصَدَّهَامَاكَانَتتَّعْبُدُمِندُونِٱللَّهِ ۖإِنَّهَاكَانَتْمِنقَوْمٍكَٰفِرِينَ٤٣
waṣaddahā mā kānat taʿbudu min dūni l-lahi innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīna

And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."(43)

Word by word

  1. وَصَدَّهَاwaṣaddahāAnd has averted her
  2. مَاmāwhat
  3. كَانَتkānatshe used (to)
  4. تَّعْبُدُtaʿbuduworship
  5. مِنminbesides
  6. دُونِdūnibesides
  7. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  8. إِنَّهَاinnahāIndeed, she
  9. كَانَتْkānatwas
  10. مِنminfrom
  11. قَوْمٍqawmina people
  12. كَٰفِرِينَkāfirīnawho disbelieve

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