Surah Ash-Shuraa, Ayah 39 (42:39)

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وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

Quran 42:39 is ayah 39 of Surah Ash-Shuraa (“The Consultation”), a Meccan surah of 53 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 487 of the Madani Mushaf.

42:39
وَٱلَّذِينَإِذَآأَصَابَهُمُٱلْبَغْىُهُمْيَنتَصِرُونَ٣٩
wa-alladhīna idhā aṣābahumu l-baghyu hum yantaṣirūna

And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they retaliate [in a just manner].(39)

Word by word

  1. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  2. إِذَآidhāwhen
  3. أَصَابَهُمُaṣābahumustrikes them
  4. ٱلْبَغْىُl-baghyutyranny
  5. هُمْhumthey
  6. يَنتَصِرُونَyantaṣirūnadefend themselves

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