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Surah An-Nur, Ayah 15 (24:15)

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إِذْ تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥ بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْ وَتَقُولُونَ بِأَفْوَاهِكُم مَّا لَيْسَ لَكُم بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ …

Quran 24:15 is ayah 15 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 351 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:15
إِذْتَلَقَّوْنَهُۥبِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْوَتَقُولُونَبِأَفْوَاهِكُممَّالَيْسَلَكُمبِهِۦعِلْمٌوَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥهَيِّنًاوَهُوَعِندَٱللَّهِعَظِيمٌ١٥
idh talaqqawnahu bi-alsinatikum wataqūlūna bi-afwāhikum mā laysa lakum bihi ʿil'mun wataḥsabūnahu hayyinan wahuwa ʿinda l-lahi ʿaẓīmun

When you received it with your tongues and said with your mouths that of which you had no knowledge and thought it was insignificant while it was, in the sight of Allāh, tremendous.(15)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. تَلَقَّوْنَهُۥtalaqqawnahuyou received it
  3. بِأَلْسِنَتِكُمْbi-alsinatikumwith your tongues
  4. وَتَقُولُونَwataqūlūnaand you said
  5. بِأَفْوَاهِكُمbi-afwāhikumwith your mouths
  6. مَّاmāwhat
  7. لَيْسَlaysanot
  8. لَكُمlakumfor you
  9. بِهِۦbihiof it
  10. عِلْمٌʿil'munany knowledge
  11. وَتَحْسَبُونَهُۥwataḥsabūnahuand you thought it
  12. هَيِّنًاhayyinan(was) insignificant
  13. وَهُوَwahuwawhile it
  14. عِندَʿinda(was) near Allah
  15. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(was) near Allah
  16. عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmungreat

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