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Surah Al-’Ankabut, Verse 15

سورة العنكبوت، الآية ١٥

29:15 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 398 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 29:15

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝١٥

Transliteration

fa-anjaynāhu wa-aṣḥāba l-safīnati wajaʿalnāhā āyatan lil'ʿālamīna

Translation

But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it1128 a sign for the worlds.

Notes

[1128] i.e., the ship, the event or the story.

Translation in another language
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Verse 15 of Surah Al-’Ankabut (29:15), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 398 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 15

Al-Mukhtasar

So I saved Noah and the believers with him in the ark from being destroyed through drowning, and I made the ark a sign for people to take heed from.

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Other translations of verse 15

But We saved him and those who were in the Ark, and We made it4 a sign for all people.

Notes

[4] i.e., the Ark or the story.

Then We saved him and those with him in the ship, and made it (the ship) an Ayâh (a lesson, a warning) for the ‘Âlamîn (mankind, jinn and all that exists).

And We rescued him and those with him in the ship, and made of it a portent for the peoples.

But We saved him and the companions of the Ark, and We made the (Ark) a Sign for all peoples!

So We delivered him and the inmates of the ark, and made it a sign to the nations.

So We delivered him and the companions of the Ark, and We made it a sign for the worlds.

Verse 15 word by word

  1. فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ fa-anjaynāhu But We saved him ن ج و
  2. وَأَصْحَٰبَ wa-aṣḥāba and (the) people ص ح ب
  3. ٱلسَّفِينَةِ l-safīnati (of) the ship س ف ن
  4. وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ wajaʿalnāhā and We made it ج ع ل
  5. ءَايَةً āyatan a Sign أ ي ي
  6. لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ lil'ʿālamīna for the worlds ع ل م

Verses related to verse 15

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yunus 10:96–97

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ …

    Indeed, those upon whom the word [i.e., decree] of your Lord has come into effect will not believe, …

  • Ya-Sin 36:41–44

    وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ …

    And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship. …

  • Al-Haqqah 69:11–12

    إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ …

    Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried you [i.e., your ancestors] in the sailing ship …

  • Al-Mulk 67:5

    وَلَقَدْ زَيَّنَّا ٱلسَّمَآءَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِمَصَٰبِيحَ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَا رُجُومًا لِّلشَّيَٰطِينِ وَأَعْتَدْنَا لَهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    And We have certainly beautified the nearest heaven with lamps [i.e., stars] and have made [from] them what is thrown at the devils and have prepared for them the punishment of the Blaze.

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