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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 37

سورة القصص، الآية ٣٧

28:37 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 390 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:37

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰ رَبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ مِنْ عِندِهِۦ وَمَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ۝٣٧

Transliteration

waqāla mūsā rabbī aʿlamu biman jāa bil-hudā min ʿindihi waman takūnu lahu ʿāqibatu l-dāri innahu lā yuf'liḥu l-ẓālimūna

Translation

And Moses said, "My Lord is more knowing [than we or you] of who has come with guidance from Him and to whom will be succession in the home.1102 Indeed, wrongdoers do not succeed."

Notes

[1102] i.e., in this world or in the Hereafter.

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Verse 37 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:37), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 390 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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Al-Mukhtasar

And Moses, addressing Pharaoh, said, “My Lord knows of the truthful one who has brought the guidance from Him, may He be glorified; He also knows who will face a praiseworthy outcome in the afterlife. The oppressors will never succeed in achieving their motives and acquiring safety from their fears.”

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Other translations of verse 37

Moses said, “My Lord knows best who has come with guidance from Him and who will have the best abode in the end. The wrongdoers will never succeed.”

Mûsâ (Moses) said: "My Lord knows best him who came with guidance from Him, and whose will be the happy end in the Hereafter. Verily, the Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, polytheists and disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh) will not be successful."

And Moses said: My Lord is Best Aware of him who bringeth guidance from His presence, and whose will be the sequel of the Home (of bliss). Lo! wrong-doers will not be successful.

Moses said: "My Lord knows best who it is that comes with guidance from Him and whose end will be best in the Hereafter: certain it is that the wrong-doers will not prosper."

And Musa said: My Lord knows best who comes with guidance from Him, and whose shall be the good end of the abode; surely the unjust shall not be successful.

And Musa said, "My Lord knows best who comes with the guidance from His Providence and who will have the Home of the (Ultimate) End; surely the unjust will not prosper."

Verse 37 word by word

  1. وَقَالَ waqāla And Musa said ق و ل
  2. مُوسَىٰ mūsā And Musa said
  3. رَبِّىٓ rabbī My Lord ر ب ب
  4. أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu knows best ع ل م
  5. بِمَن biman of who
  6. جَآءَ jāa has come ج ي أ
  7. بِٱلْهُدَىٰ bil-hudā with [the] guidance ه د ي
  8. مِنْ min from Him
  9. عِندِهِۦ ʿindihi from Him ع ن د
  10. وَمَن waman and who
  11. تَكُونُ takūnu will be ك و ن
  12. لَهُۥ lahu for him
  13. عَٰقِبَةُ ʿāqibatu the good end in the Hereafter ع ق ب
  14. ٱلدَّارِ l-dāri the good end in the Hereafter د و ر
  15. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed
  16. لَا lā not
  17. يُفْلِحُ yuf'liḥu will be successful ف ل ح
  18. ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ l-ẓālimūna the wrongdoers ظ ل م

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  • Al-An’am 6:135

    قُلْ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَكَانَتِكُمْ إِنِّى عَامِلٌ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن تَكُونُ لَهُۥ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلدَّارِ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    Say, "O my people, work according to your position; [for] indeed, I am working. And you are going to know who will have succession in the home. Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed."

  • Al-An’am 6:21

    وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنِ ٱفْتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا أَوْ كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    And who is more unjust than one who invents about Allāh a lie or denies His verses? Indeed, the wrongdoers will not succeed.

  • Yusuf 12:23

    وَرَٰوَدَتْهُ ٱلَّتِى هُوَ فِى بَيْتِهَا عَن نَّفْسِهِۦ وَغَلَّقَتِ ٱلْأَبْوَٰبَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ قَالَ مَعَاذَ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَحْسَنَ مَثْوَاىَ إِنَّهُۥ لَا يُفْلِحُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    And she, in whose house he was, sought to seduce him. She closed the doors and said, "Come, you." He said, "[I seek] the refuge of Allāh. Indeed, he is my master, who has made good my residence. Indeed, wrongdoers will not succeed."

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