Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 142 (37:142)

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فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

Quran 37:142 is ayah 142 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 451 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:142
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُٱلْحُوتُوَهُوَمُلِيمٌ١٤٢
fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmun

Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.(142)

Word by word

  1. فَٱلْتَقَمَهُfal-taqamahuThen swallowed him
  2. ٱلْحُوتُl-ḥūtuthe fish
  3. وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
  4. مُلِيمٌmulīmun(was) blameworthy

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