Surah Hud, Ayah 56 (11:56)

هُود

إِنِّى تَوَكَّلْتُ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ رَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم ۚ مَّا مِن دَآبَّةٍ إِلَّا هُوَ ءَاخِذٌۢ …

Quran 11:56 is ayah 56 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 228 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:56
إِنِّىتَوَكَّلْتُعَلَىٱللَّهِرَبِّىوَرَبِّكُم ۚمَّامِندَآبَّةٍإِلَّاهُوَءَاخِذٌۢبِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚإِنَّرَبِّىعَلَىٰصِرَٰطٍمُّسْتَقِيمٍ٥٦
innī tawakkaltu ʿalā l-lahi rabbī warabbikum mā min dābbatin illā huwa ākhidhun bināṣiyatihā inna rabbī ʿalā ṣirāṭin mus'taqīmin

Indeed, I have relied upon Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature but that He holds it by its forelock [i.e., controls it]. Indeed, my Lord is on a path [that is] straight.(56)

Word by word

  1. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
  2. تَوَكَّلْتُtawakkaltu[I] put my trust
  3. عَلَىʿalāupon
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  6. وَرَبِّكُم ۚwarabbikumand your Lord
  7. مَّاmā(There is) not
  8. مِنminof a moving creature
  9. دَآبَّةٍdābbatinof a moving creature
  10. إِلَّاillābut
  11. هُوَhuwaHe
  12. ءَاخِذٌۢākhidhunhas grasp
  13. بِنَاصِيَتِهَآ ۚbināṣiyatihāof its forelock
  14. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  15. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  16. عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
  17. صِرَٰطٍṣirāṭina path
  18. مُّسْتَقِيمٍmus'taqīminstraight

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