Surah An-Nur, Ayah 51 (24:51)

ٱلنُّور

إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ …

Quran 24:51 is ayah 51 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 356 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:51
إِنَّمَاكَانَقَوْلَٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَإِذَادُعُوٓا۟إِلَىٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦلِيَحْكُمَبَيْنَهُمْأَنيَقُولُوا۟سَمِعْنَاوَأَطَعْنَا ۚوَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ٥١
innamā kāna qawla l-mu'minīna idhā duʿū ilā l-lahi warasūlihi liyaḥkuma baynahum an yaqūlū samiʿ'nā wa-aṭaʿnā wa-ulāika humu l-muf'liḥūna

The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.(51)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. كَانَkānais
  3. قَوْلَqawla(the) statement
  4. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna(of) the believers
  5. إِذَاidhāwhen
  6. دُعُوٓا۟duʿūthey are called
  7. إِلَىilāto
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  10. لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumato judge
  11. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
  12. أَنan(is) that
  13. يَقُولُوا۟yaqūlūthey say
  14. سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nāWe hear
  15. وَأَطَعْنَا ۚwa-aṭaʿnāand we obey
  16. وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَwa-ulāikaAnd those
  17. هُمُhumu[they]
  18. ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَl-muf'liḥūna(are) the successful

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