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Surah Ad-Dukhan, Verse 17

سورة الدخان، الآية ١٧

44:17 Juz 25 Hizb 50 Page 496 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 44:17

وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَجَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ كَرِيمٌ ۝١٧

Transliteration

walaqad fatannā qablahum qawma fir'ʿawna wajāahum rasūlun karīmun

Translation

And We had already tried before them the people of Pharaoh, and there came to them a noble messenger [i.e., Moses],

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Verse 17 of Surah Ad-Dukhan (44:17), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 496 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 17

Al-Mukhtasar

And verily I tested the people of Pharaoh before them, and their noble messenger came to them from Allah calling them towards His oneness and worship. He was Moses (peace be upon him).

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Other translations of verse 17

Indeed, We tested the people of Pharaoh before them, when a noble messenger came to them,

And indeed We tried before them Fir‘aun’s (Pharaoh) people, when there came to them a noble Messenger [i.e. Mûsâ (Moses) عليه السلام],

And verily We tried before them Pharaoh's folk, when there came unto them a noble messenger,

We did, before them, try the people of Pharaoh: there came to them a messenger most honourable,

And certainly We tried before them the people of Firon, and there came to them a noble messenger,

And indeed already before them We tempted the people of Firaawn, (Pharaoh) and an honorable Messenger came to them. (Saying), "Discharge (Literally: give back to me) to me the bondmen of Allah; surely I am for you a trustworthy Messenger."

Verse 17 word by word

  1. وَلَقَدْ walaqad And certainly
  2. فَتَنَّا fatannā We tried ف ت ن
  3. قَبْلَهُمْ qablahum before them ق ب ل
  4. قَوْمَ qawma (the) people ق و م
  5. فِرْعَوْنَ fir'ʿawna (of) Firaun
  6. وَجَآءَهُمْ wajāahum and came to them ج ي أ
  7. رَسُولٌ rasūlun a Messenger ر س ل
  8. كَرِيمٌ karīmun noble ك ر م

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