Surah As-Saffat, Ayah 85 (37:85)

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إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَاذَا تَعْبُدُونَ

Quran 37:85 is ayah 85 of Surah As-Saffat (“Those who set the Ranks”), a Meccan surah of 182 ayahs. It is in Juz 23, on page 449 of the Madani Mushaf.

37:85
إِذْقَالَلِأَبِيهِوَقَوْمِهِۦمَاذَاتَعْبُدُونَ٨٥
idh qāla li-abīhi waqawmihi mādhā taʿbudūna

[And] when he said to his father and his people, "What do you worship?(85)

Word by word

  1. إِذْidhWhen
  2. قَالَqālahe said
  3. لِأَبِيهِli-abīhito his father
  4. وَقَوْمِهِۦwaqawmihiand his people
  5. مَاذَاmādhāWhat is it
  6. تَعْبُدُونَtaʿbudūnayou worship

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