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Surah An-Naml, Ayah 68 (27:68)

ٱلنَّمْل

لَقَدْ وُعِدْنَا هَٰذَا نَحْنُ وَءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Quran 27:68 is ayah 68 of Surah An-Naml (“The Ant”), a Meccan surah of 93 ayahs. It is in Juz 20, on page 383 of the Madani Mushaf.

27:68
لَقَدْوُعِدْنَاهَٰذَانَحْنُوَءَابَآؤُنَامِنقَبْلُإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّآأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ٦٨
laqad wuʿid'nā hādhā naḥnu waābāunā min qablu in hādhā illā asāṭīru l-awalīna

We have been promised this, we and our forefathers, before. This is not but legends of the former peoples."(68)

Word by word

  1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. وُعِدْنَاwuʿid'nāwe have been promised
  3. هَٰذَاhādhāthis
  4. نَحْنُnaḥnuwe
  5. وَءَابَآؤُنَاwaābāunāand our forefathers
  6. مِنminbefore
  7. قَبْلُqablubefore
  8. إِنْinNot
  9. هَٰذَآhādhā(is) this
  10. إِلَّآillāexcept
  11. أَسَٰطِيرُasāṭīrutales
  12. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)

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