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Surah Al-Muddaththir, Verse 16

سورة المدثر، الآية ١٦

74:16 Juz 29 Hizb 58 Page 575 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 74:16

كَلَّآ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا عَنِيدًا ۝١٦

Transliteration

kallā innahu kāna liāyātinā ʿanīdan

Translation

No! Indeed, he has been toward Our verses obstinate.

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Verse 16 of Surah Al-Muddaththir (74:16), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 575 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 16

Al-Mukhtasar

The matter is not as he thinks. He was opposed to My verses that I revealed to My messenger denying them.

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Other translations of verse 16

By no means! For he has been stubborn against Our verses.

Nay! Verily, he has been opposing Our Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations).

Nay! For lo! he hath been stubborn to Our revelations.

By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!

By no means! surely he offers opposition to Our communications.

Not at all! Surely he has been stubborn to Our signs.

Verse 16 word by word

  1. كَلَّآ kallā By no means
  2. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, he
  3. كَانَ kāna has been ك و ن
  4. لِـَٔايَٰتِنَا liāyātinā to Our Verses أ ي ي
  5. عَنِيدًا ʿanīdan stubborn ع ن د

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