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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 10

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ١٠

21:10 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 322 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:10

لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَٰبًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ۝١٠

Transliteration

laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhik'rukum afalā taʿqilūna

Translation

We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.875 Then will you not reason?

Notes

[875] This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder."

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Verse 10 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:10), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 322 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 10

Al-Mukhtasar

I have revealed to you the Qur’ān in which lies your honour and pride, if you believe it and act according to its contents. Do you not understand this, so that you hasten towards believing it and practicing what it contains?

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Other translations of verse 10

We have sent down to you [O people] a Book in which there is honor for you5. Do you not then understand?

Notes

[5] As you have been mentioned and addressed in the Qur’an, or there is a reminder for you in it.

Indeed, We have sent down for you (O mankind) a Book (the Qur’ân) in which there is Dhikrukum,(your Reminder or an honour for you i.e. honour for the one who follows the teaching of the Qur’ân and acts on its teachings). Will you not then understand?

Now We have revealed unto you a Scripture wherein is your Reminder. Have ye then no sense?

We have revealed for you (O men!) a book in which is a Message for you: will ye not then understand?

Certainly We have revealed to you a Book in which is your good remembrance; what! do you not then understand?

Indeed We have already sent down to you a Book wherein is your Remembrance; will you (This is addressed to the disbelievers) then not consider?

Verse 10 word by word

  1. لَقَدْ laqad Indeed
  2. أَنزَلْنَآ anzalnā We (have) sent down ن ز ل
  3. إِلَيْكُمْ ilaykum to you
  4. كِتَٰبًا kitāban a Book ك ت ب
  5. فِيهِ fīhi in it
  6. ذِكْرُكُمْ dhik'rukum (is) your mention ذ ك ر
  7. أَفَلَا afalā Then will not
  8. تَعْقِلُونَ taʿqilūna you use reason ع ق ل

Verses related to verse 10

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yusuf 12:109

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَفَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَيَنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَلَدَارُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ خَيْرٌ لِّلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوْا۟ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    And We sent not before you [as messengers] except men to whom We revealed from among the people of cities. So have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? And the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allāh; then will you not reason?

  • Al-Ahqaf 46:9

    قُلْ مَا كُنتُ بِدْعًا مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَمَآ أَدْرِى مَا يُفْعَلُ بِى وَلَا بِكُمْ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Say, "I am not something new among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."

  • At-Taghabun 64:6

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّٱسْتَغْنَى ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allāh dispensed [with them]; and Allāh is Free of need and Praiseworthy.

  • Al-Furqan 25:20

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ إِلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ لَيَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشُونَ فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ وَجَعَلْنَا بَعْضَكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ فِتْنَةً أَتَصْبِرُونَ وَكَانَ رَبُّكَ بَصِيرًا

    And We did not send before you, [O Muḥammad], any of the messengers except that they ate food and walked in the markets. And We have made some of you [people] as trial for others - will you have patience? And ever is your Lord, Seeing.

  • Al-Furqan 25:7–8

    وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا …

    And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner? …

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