Surah Hud, Ayah 92 (11:92)

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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا ۖ إِنَّ …

Quran 11:92 is ayah 92 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 232 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:92
قَالَيَٰقَوْمِأَرَهْطِىٓأَعَزُّعَلَيْكُممِّنَٱللَّهِوَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُوَرَآءَكُمْظِهْرِيًّا ۖإِنَّرَبِّىبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَمُحِيطٌ٩٢
qāla yāqawmi arahṭī aʿazzu ʿalaykum mina l-lahi wa-ittakhadhtumūhu warāakum ẓih'riyyan inna rabbī bimā taʿmalūna muḥīṭun

He said, "O my people, is my family more respected for power by you than Allāh? But you put Him behind your backs [in neglect]. Indeed, my Lord is encompassing of what you do.(92)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  3. أَرَهْطِىٓarahṭīIs my family
  4. أَعَزُّaʿazzumightier
  5. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumon you
  6. مِّنَminathan
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُwa-ittakhadhtumūhuAnd you have taken Him
  9. وَرَآءَكُمْwarāakumbehind your
  10. ظِهْرِيًّا ۖẓih'riyyanbacks
  11. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  12. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  13. بِمَاbimāof what
  14. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
  15. مُحِيطٌmuḥīṭun(is) All-Encompassing

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