Surah Fussilat, Ayah 4 (41:4)

فُصِّلَت

بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

Quran 41:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Fussilat (“Explained in Detail”), a Meccan surah of 54 ayahs. It is in Juz 24, on page 477 of the Madani Mushaf.

41:4
بَشِيرًاوَنَذِيرًافَأَعْرَضَأَكْثَرُهُمْفَهُمْلَايَسْمَعُونَ٤
bashīran wanadhīran fa-aʿraḍa aktharuhum fahum lā yasmaʿūna

As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.(4)

Word by word

  1. بَشِيرًاbashīranA giver of glad tidings
  2. وَنَذِيرًاwanadhīranand a warner
  3. فَأَعْرَضَfa-aʿraḍabut turn away
  4. أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhummost of them
  5. فَهُمْfahumso they
  6. لَاlā(do) not
  7. يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūnahear

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