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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 52

سورة الحجر، الآية ٥٢

15:52 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 265 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:52

إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنكُمْ وَجِلُونَ ۝٥٢

Transliteration

idh dakhalū ʿalayhi faqālū salāman qāla innā minkum wajilūna

Translation

When they entered upon him and said, "Peace." [Abraham] said, "Indeed, we are fearful [i.e., apprehensive] of you."

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Verse 52 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:52), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 265 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 52

Al-Mukhtasar

When they came to him and said, Peace. He answered them with a greeting that was better than theirs and presented them with a roasted calf for them to eat because he thought that they were human. When they did not eat of it he said: We are afraid of you.

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Other translations of verse 52

When they entered upon him and said, “Peace!” He said, “We are afraid of you23.”

Notes

[23] When he saw that their hands did not reach the roasted calf he presented to them.

When they entered unto him, and said: Salâm (peace)! [Ibrâhîm (Abraham)] said: "Indeed! We are afraid of you."

(How) when they came in unto him, and said: Peace. He said: Lo! we are afraid of you.

When they entered his presence and said, "Peace!" He said, "We feel afraid of you!"

When they entered upon him, they said, Peace. He said: Surely we are afraid of you.

As they entered to him (and) so they said, "Peace!" He said, "Surely we feel tremulous of you."

Verse 52 word by word

  1. إِذْ idh When
  2. دَخَلُوا۟ dakhalū they entered د خ ل
  3. عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi upon him
  4. فَقَالُوا۟ faqālū and said ق و ل
  5. سَلَٰمًا salāman Peace س ل م
  6. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  7. إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
  8. مِنكُمْ minkum (are) of you
  9. وَجِلُونَ wajilūna afraid و ج ل

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3372

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "We are more liable to be in doubt than Abraham when he said, 'My Lord! Show me how You give life to the dead." . He (i.e. Allah) slid: 'Don't you believe then?' He (i.e. Abraham) said: "Yes, but (I ask) in order to be stronger in Faith." (2.260) And may Allah send His…

نَحْنُ أَحَقُّ مِنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِذْ قَالَ ‏‏‏{‏رَبِّ أَرِنِي كَيْفَ تُحْيِي الْمَوْتَى قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِنْ قَالَ بَلَى وَلَكِنْ لِيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِي‏}‏ وَيَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ…

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  • Adh-Dhariyat 51:25

    إِذْ دَخَلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا۟ سَلَٰمًا قَالَ سَلَٰمٌ قَوْمٌ مُّنكَرُونَ

    When they entered upon him and said, "[We greet you with] peace." He answered, "[And upon you] peace; [you are] a people unknown."

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