Surah As-Sajdah, Ayah 3 (32:3)

ٱلسَّجْدَة

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۚ بَلْ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن …

Quran 32:3 is ayah 3 of Surah As-Sajdah (“The Prostration”), a Meccan surah of 30 ayahs. It is in Juz 21, on page 415 of the Madani Mushaf.

32:3
أَمْيَقُولُونَٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۚبَلْهُوَٱلْحَقُّمِنرَّبِّكَلِتُنذِرَقَوْمًامَّآأَتَىٰهُممِّننَّذِيرٍمِّنقَبْلِكَلَعَلَّهُمْيَهْتَدُونَ٣
am yaqūlūna if'tarāhu bal huwa l-ḥaqu min rabbika litundhira qawman mā atāhum min nadhīrin min qablika laʿallahum yahtadūna

Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muḥammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be guided.(3)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna(do) they say
  3. ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ ۚif'tarāhuHe invented it
  4. بَلْbalNay
  5. هُوَhuwait
  6. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
  7. مِنminfrom
  8. رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
  9. لِتُنذِرَlitundhirathat you may warn
  10. قَوْمًاqawmana people
  11. مَّآmānot
  12. أَتَىٰهُمatāhumhas come to them
  13. مِّنminany
  14. نَّذِيرٍnadhīrinwarner
  15. مِّنminbefore you
  16. قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
  17. لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumso that they may
  18. يَهْتَدُونَyahtadūnabe guided

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