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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 164 (4:164)

ٱلنِّسَاء

وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ …

Quran 4:164 is ayah 164 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 104 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:164
وَرُسُلًاقَدْقَصَصْنَٰهُمْعَلَيْكَمِنقَبْلُوَرُسُلًالَّمْنَقْصُصْهُمْعَلَيْكَ ۚوَكَلَّمَٱللَّهُمُوسَىٰتَكْلِيمًا١٦٤
warusulan qad qaṣaṣnāhum ʿalayka min qablu warusulan lam naqṣuṣ'hum ʿalayka wakallama l-lahu mūsā taklīman

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allāh spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.(164)

Word by word

  1. وَرُسُلًاwarusulanAnd Messengers
  2. قَدْqadsurely
  3. قَصَصْنَٰهُمْqaṣaṣnāhumWe (have) mentioned them
  4. عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
  5. مِنminfrom
  6. قَبْلُqablubefore
  7. وَرُسُلًاwarusulanand Messengers
  8. لَّمْlamnot
  9. نَقْصُصْهُمْnaqṣuṣ'humWe (have) mentioned them
  10. عَلَيْكَ ۚʿalaykato you
  11. وَكَلَّمَwakallamaAnd spoke
  12. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  13. مُوسَىٰmūsā(to) Musa
  14. تَكْلِيمًاtaklīman(in a) conversation

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