Surah Maryam, Ayah 78 (19:78)

مَرْيَم

أَطَّلَعَ ٱلْغَيْبَ أَمِ ٱتَّخَذَ عِندَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَهْدًا

Quran 19:78 is ayah 78 of Surah Maryam (“Mary”), a Meccan surah of 98 ayahs. It is in Juz 16, on page 311 of the Madani Mushaf.

19:78
أَطَّلَعَٱلْغَيْبَأَمِٱتَّخَذَعِندَٱلرَّحْمَٰنِعَهْدًا٧٨
aṭṭalaʿa l-ghayba ami ittakhadha ʿinda l-raḥmāni ʿahdan

Has he looked into the unseen, or has he taken from the Most Merciful a promise?(78)

Word by word

  1. أَطَّلَعَaṭṭalaʿaHas he looked
  2. ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghayba(into) the unseen
  3. أَمِamior
  4. ٱتَّخَذَittakhadhahas he taken
  5. عِندَʿindafrom
  6. ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
  7. عَهْدًاʿahdana promise

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