Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 8 (37:8)

ٱلصَّافَّات

لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

Quran 37:8 is ayah 8 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 446 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:8
لَّايَسَّمَّعُونَإِلَىٱلْمَلَإِٱلْأَعْلَىٰوَيُقْذَفُونَمِنكُلِّجَانِبٍ٨
lā yassammaʿūna ilā l-mala-i l-aʿlā wayuq'dhafūna min kulli jānibin

[So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,(8)

Word by word

  1. لَّاlāNot
  2. يَسَّمَّعُونَyassammaʿūnathey may listen
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱلْمَلَإِl-mala-ithe assembly
  5. ٱلْأَعْلَىٰl-aʿlā[the] exalted
  6. وَيُقْذَفُونَwayuq'dhafūnaare pelted
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. كُلِّkullievery
  9. جَانِبٍjānibinside

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