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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 79

سورة الحجر، الآية ٧٩

15:79 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 266 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:79

فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ وَإِنَّهُمَا لَبِإِمَامٍ مُّبِينٍ ۝٧٩

Transliteration

fa-intaqamnā min'hum wa-innahumā labi-imāmin mubīnin

Translation

So We took retribution from them, and indeed, both [cities] are on a clear highway.

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Verse 79 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:79), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 266 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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Al-Mukhtasar

We took retribution from them when the punishment seized them. The towns of the people of Lot and the dwellings of the people of Shuayb are on a path clear to those who pass by.

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Other translations of verse 79

So We punished them in retribution, and both [places]39 are by a clear highway.

Notes

[39] i.e., both the dwellings of the people of Prophet Lot (عليه السلام) and Prophet Shu‘ayb (عليه السلام).

So, We took vengeance on them. They are both on an open highway, plain to see.

So we took vengeance on them; and lo! they both are on a high-road plain to see.

So We exacted retribution from them. They were both on an open highway, plain to see.

So We inflicted retribution on them, and they are both, indeed, on an open road (still) pursued.

So We took vengeance on them; and surely the two of them were indeed on an evident record (or: register, literally:Imam).

Verse 79 word by word

  1. فَٱنتَقَمْنَا fa-intaqamnā So We took retribution ن ق م
  2. مِنْهُمْ min'hum from them
  3. وَإِنَّهُمَا wa-innahumā and indeed, they both
  4. لَبِإِمَامٍ labi-imāmin (were) on a highway أ م م
  5. مُّبِينٍ mubīnin clear ب ي ن

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