Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 35 (37:35)

ٱلصَّافَّات

إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوٓا۟ إِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Quran 37:35 is ayah 35 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 447 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:35
إِنَّهُمْكَانُوٓا۟إِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْلَآإِلَٰهَإِلَّاٱللَّهُيَسْتَكْبِرُونَ٣٥
innahum kānū idhā qīla lahum lā ilāha illā l-lahu yastakbirūna

Indeed they, when it was said to them, "There is no deity but Allāh," were arrogant(35)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
  2. كَانُوٓا۟kānūwere
  3. إِذَاidhāwhen
  4. قِيلَqīlait was said
  5. لَهُمْlahumto them
  6. لَآlā(There is) no
  7. إِلَٰهَilāhagod
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  10. يَسْتَكْبِرُونَyastakbirūnawere arrogant

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