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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 20

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٢٠

21:20 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 323 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:20

يُسَبِّحُونَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ لَا يَفْتُرُونَ ۝٢٠

Transliteration

yusabbiḥūna al-layla wal-nahāra lā yafturūna

Translation

They exalt [Him] night and day [and] do not slacken.

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Verse 20 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:20), 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 20

Al-Mukhtasar

They constantly glorify Him without tiring of it.

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Other translations of verse 20

They glorify Him day and night tirelessly.

They (i.e. the angels) glorify His Praises night and day, (and) they never slacken (to do so).

They glorify (Him) night and day; they flag not.

They celebrate His praises night and day, nor do they ever flag or intermit.

They glorify (Him) by night and day; they are never languid.

They extol (Him) by night and by daytime (and) they do not flag.

Verse 20 word by word

  1. يُسَبِّحُونَ yusabbiḥūna They glorify (Him) س ب ح
  2. ٱلَّيْلَ al-layla [the] night ل ي ل
  3. وَٱلنَّهَارَ wal-nahāra and [the] day ن ه ر
  4. لَا lā not
  5. يَفْتُرُونَ yafturūna they slacken ف ت ر

Verses related to verse 20

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • At-Tahrim 66:6

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

    O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

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