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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 88

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٨٨

21:88 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 329 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:88

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ۝٨٨

Transliteration

fa-is'tajabnā lahu wanajjaynāhu mina l-ghami wakadhālika nunjī l-mu'minīna

Translation

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

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Verse 88 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:88), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 329 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 88

Al-Mukhtasar

So I accepted his call and saved him from that severe distress by taking him out from all the darknesses including from the belly of the Whale. Just like I saved Jonah from this distress of his, I also save the believers when they fall into distress and call out to Me for help.

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Other translations of verse 88

So We answered his prayer and rescued him from distress. This is how We rescue the believers.

So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allâh, abstain from evil and work righteousness).

Then we heard his prayer and saved him from the anguish. Thus we save believers.

So We listened to him: and delivered him from distress: and thus do We deliver those who have faith.

So We responded to him and delivered him from the grief and thus do We deliver the believers.

So We responded to him and safely delivered him from suffering; and thus do We deliver the believers.

Verse 88 word by word

  1. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا fa-is'tajabnā So We responded ج و ب
  2. لَهُۥ lahu to him
  3. وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ wanajjaynāhu and We saved him ن ج و
  4. مِنَ mina from
  5. ٱلْغَمِّ l-ghami the distress غ م م
  6. وَكَذَٰلِكَ wakadhālika And thus
  7. نُـۨجِى nunjī We save ن ج و
  8. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ l-mu'minīna the believers أ م ن

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