Surah At-Tur, Ayah 16 (52:16)

ٱلطُّور

ٱصْلَوْهَا فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ أَوْ لَا تَصْبِرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْكُمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا تُجْزَوْنَ مَا كُنتُمْ …

Quran 52:16 is ayah 16 of Surah At-Tur (“The Mount”), a Meccan surah of 49 ayahs. It is in Juz 27, on page 524 of the Madani Mushaf.

52:16
ٱصْلَوْهَافَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟أَوْلَاتَصْبِرُوا۟سَوَآءٌعَلَيْكُمْ ۖإِنَّمَاتُجْزَوْنَمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ١٦
iṣ'lawhā fa-iṣ'birū aw lā taṣbirū sawāon ʿalaykum innamā tuj'zawna mā kuntum taʿmalūna

[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."(16)

Word by word

  1. ٱصْلَوْهَاiṣ'lawhāBurn in it
  2. فَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟fa-iṣ'birūthen be patient
  3. أَوْawor
  4. لَاlā(do) not
  5. تَصْبِرُوا۟taṣbirūbe patient
  6. سَوَآءٌsawāon(it is) same
  7. عَلَيْكُمْ ۖʿalaykumfor you
  8. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  9. تُجْزَوْنَtuj'zawnayou are being recompensed
  10. مَاmā(for) what
  11. كُنتُمْkuntumyou used to
  12. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnado

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