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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 27

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٢٧

21:27 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 324 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:27

لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ ۝٢٧

Transliteration

lā yasbiqūnahu bil-qawli wahum bi-amrihi yaʿmalūna

Translation

They cannot precede Him in word, and they act by His command.

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Verse 27 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:27), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 324 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 27

Al-Mukhtasar

They do not proceed before their Lord in any saying, so they do not speak until He orders them, and they act according to His command and do not oppose any command of His.

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Other translations of verse 27

They do not speak before He speaks, and they only do as He commands.

They speak not until He has spoken, and they act on His Command.

They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.

They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His Command.

They do not precede Him in speech and (only) according to His commandment do they act.

They do not outstrip Him in speech, and they do according to His Command.

Verse 27 word by word

لَا lā Not
يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ yasbiqūnahu they (can) precede Him س ب ق
بِٱلْقَوْلِ bil-qawli in word ق و ل
وَهُم wahum and they
بِأَمْرِهِۦ bi-amrihi by His command أ م ر
يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna act ع م ل

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