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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 13

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ١٣

21:13 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 323 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:13

لَا تَرْكُضُوا۟ وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْـَٔلُونَ ۝١٣

Transliteration

lā tarkuḍū wa-ir'jiʿū ilā mā ut'rif'tum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tus'alūna

Translation

[Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."877

Notes

[877] About what happened to you. This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.

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Verse 13 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:13), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 323 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 13

Al-Mukhtasar

They were being called mockingly: “Do not flee, but return to your enjoyment of luxuries which you were in and to your homes, so that you can be questioned somewhat regarding your worldly possessions”.

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Other translations of verse 13

“Do not run away, but return to your luxuries and dwellings7, perhaps you will be questioned.”

Notes

[7] This is said to them in sarcasm and ridicule.

Flee not, but return to that wherein you lived a luxurious life, and to your homes, in order that you may be questioned.

(But it was said unto them): Flee not, but return to that (existence) which emasculated you and to your dwellings, that ye may be questioned.

Flee not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes in order that ye may be called to account.

Do not fly (now) and come back to what you were made to lead easy lives in and to your dwellings, haply you will be questioned.

"Do not scamper out and return to whatever luxury you were given to live in and to your dwellings, that you would be questioned."

Verse 13 word by word

  1. لَا lā Flee not
  2. تَرْكُضُوا۟ tarkuḍū Flee not ر ك ض
  3. وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟ wa-ir'jiʿū but return ر ج ع
  4. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  5. مَآ mā what
  6. أُتْرِفْتُمْ ut'rif'tum you were given luxury ت ر ف
  7. فِيهِ fīhi in it
  8. وَمَسَٰكِنِكُمْ wamasākinikum and to your homes س ك ن
  9. لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may
  10. تُسْـَٔلُونَ tus'alūna be questioned س أ ل

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