Surah Hud, Ayah 70 (11:70)

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فَلَمَّا رَءَآ أَيْدِيَهُمْ لَا تَصِلُ إِلَيْهِ نَكِرَهُمْ وَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۚ قَالُوا۟ لَا …

Quran 11:70 is ayah 70 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 229 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:70
فَلَمَّارَءَآأَيْدِيَهُمْلَاتَصِلُإِلَيْهِنَكِرَهُمْوَأَوْجَسَمِنْهُمْخِيفَةً ۚقَالُوا۟لَاتَخَفْإِنَّآأُرْسِلْنَآإِلَىٰقَوْمِلُوطٍ٧٠
falammā raā aydiyahum lā taṣilu ilayhi nakirahum wa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf innā ur'sil'nā ilā qawmi lūṭin

But when he saw their hands not reaching for it, he distrusted them and felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not. We have been sent to the people of Lot."(70)

Word by word

  1. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  2. رَءَآraāhe saw
  3. أَيْدِيَهُمْaydiyahumtheir hands
  4. لَاlānot
  5. تَصِلُtaṣilureaching
  6. إِلَيْهِilayhito it
  7. نَكِرَهُمْnakirahumhe felt unfamiliar of them
  8. وَأَوْجَسَwa-awjasaand felt apprehension
  9. مِنْهُمْmin'humfrom them
  10. خِيفَةً ۚkhīfatan[a fear]
  11. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  12. لَاlā(Do) not
  13. تَخَفْtakhaffear
  14. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, we
  15. أُرْسِلْنَآur'sil'nā[we] have been sent
  16. إِلَىٰilāto
  17. قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
  18. لُوطٍlūṭin(of) Lut

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