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Surah Al-Mu’minun, Verse 28

سورة المؤمنون، الآية ٢٨

23:28 Juz 18 Hizb 35 Page 344 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 23:28

فَإِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى نَجَّىٰنَا مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ۝٢٨

Transliteration

fa-idhā is'tawayta anta waman maʿaka ʿalā l-ful'ki faquli l-ḥamdu lillahi alladhī najjānā mina l-qawmi l-ẓālimīna

Translation

And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allāh who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

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Verse 28 of Surah Al-Mu’minun (23:28), a Meccan surah, is in juz 18, on page 344 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 28

Al-Mukhtasar

When you board the ship together with the believers achieving salvation, say: “All praise is for Allah Who saved us from the disbelieving people and destroyed them.”

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Other translations of verse 28

Then when you and those who are with you have embarked on the Ark, say, “All praise is for Allah, Who saved us from the wrongdoing people.”

And when you have embarked on the ship, you and whoever is with you, then say: "All the praises and thanks be to Allâh, Who has saved us from the people who are Zâlimûn (i.e. oppressors, wrong-doers, polytheists, those who join others in worship with Allâh).

And when thou art on board the ship, thou and whoso is with thee, then say: Praise be to Allah Who hath saved us from the wrongdoing folk!

And when thou hast embarked on the Ark - thou and those with thee,- say: "Praise be to Allah, Who has saved us from the people who do wrong."

And when you are firmly seated, you and those with you, in the ark, say: All praise is due to Allah who delivered us from the unjust people:

So, when you have leveled yourself on the ship (i.e., boarded the ship) and the ones with you, then say, 'Praise be to Allah, Who has safely delivered us from the unjust people.

Verse 28 word by word

  1. فَإِذَا fa-idhā And when
  2. ٱسْتَوَيْتَ is'tawayta you (have) boarded س و ي
  3. أَنتَ anta you
  4. وَمَن waman and whoever
  5. مَّعَكَ maʿaka (is) with you
  6. عَلَى ʿalā [on]
  7. ٱلْفُلْكِ l-ful'ki the ship ف ل ك
  8. فَقُلِ faquli then say ق و ل
  9. ٱلْحَمْدُ l-ḥamdu Praise ح م د
  10. لِلَّهِ lillahi (be) to Allah
  11. ٱلَّذِى alladhī Who
  12. نَجَّىٰنَا najjānā (has) saved us ن ج و
  13. مِنَ mina from
  14. ٱلْقَوْمِ l-qawmi the people ق و م
  15. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers ظ ل م

Verses related to verse 28

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qamar 54:10

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

    So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:12–14

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ …

    And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount …

  • Hud 11:41

    وَقَالَ ٱرْكَبُوا۟ فِيهَا بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجْر۪ىٰهَا وَمُرْسَىٰهَآ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And [Noah] said, "Embark therein; in the name of Allāh [are] its course and its anchorage. Indeed, my Lord is Forgiving and Merciful."

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