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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 72

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٧٢

21:72 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 327 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:72

وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ نَافِلَةً وَكُلًّا جَعَلْنَا صَٰلِحِينَ ۝٧٢

Transliteration

wawahabnā lahu is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba nāfilatan wakullan jaʿalnā ṣāliḥīna

Translation

And We gave him Isaac and Jacob in addition, and all [of them] We made righteous.

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Verse 72 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:72), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 327 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 72

Al-Mukhtasar

And I blessed Abraham with Isaac when he invoked his Lord to grant him a child. In addition, I also blessed him with Jacob. I made each one of the three: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, pious and obedient to Myself.

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Other translations of verse 72

And We gave him Isaac, and then Jacob, a grandson, and We made all of them righteous.

And We bestowed upon him Ishâq (Isaac), and (a grandson) Ya‘qûb (Jacob). Each one We made righteous.

And We bestowed upon him Isaac, and Jacob as a grandson. Each of them We made righteous.

And We bestowed on him Isaac and, as an additional gift, (a grandson), Jacob, and We made righteous men of every one (of them).

And We gave him Ishaq and Yaqoub, a son's son, and We made (them) all good.

And We bestowed upon him Ibrahim and Yacuq?b, (Isaac and Jacob) (additional) gift (to him), and each (one) of them We made righteous.

Verse 72 word by word

  1. وَوَهَبْنَا wawahabnā And We bestowed و ه ب
  2. لَهُۥٓ lahu on him
  3. إِسْحَٰقَ is'ḥāqa Isaac
  4. وَيَعْقُوبَ wayaʿqūba and Yaqub
  5. نَافِلَةً nāfilatan (in) addition ن ف ل
  6. وَكُلًّا wakullan and all ك ل ل
  7. جَعَلْنَا jaʿalnā We made ج ع ل
  8. صَٰلِحِينَ ṣāliḥīna righteous ص ل ح

Verses related to verse 72

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  • Hud 11:71

    وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ قَآئِمَةٌ فَضَحِكَتْ فَبَشَّرْنَٰهَا بِإِسْحَٰقَ وَمِن وَرَآءِ إِسْحَٰقَ يَعْقُوبَ

    And his wife was standing, and she smiled. Then We gave her good tidings of Isaac and after Isaac, Jacob.

  • As-Saffat 37:100

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

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  • Al-An’am 6:84

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ كُلًّا هَدَيْنَا وَنُوحًا هَدَيْنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِۦ دَاوُۥدَ وَسُلَيْمَٰنَ وَأَيُّوبَ وَيُوسُفَ وَمُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    And We gave to him [i.e., Abraham] Isaac and Jacob - all [of them] We guided. And Noah, We guided before; and among his descendants, David and Solomon and Job and Joseph and Moses and Aaron. Thus do We reward the doers of good.

  • Al-’Ankabut 29:27

    وَوَهَبْنَا لَهُۥٓ إِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى ذُرِّيَّتِهِ ٱلنُّبُوَّةَ وَٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ أَجْرَهُۥ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We gave to him Isaac and Jacob and placed in his descendants prophethood and scripture. And We gave him his reward in this world, and indeed, he is in the Hereafter among the righteous.

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