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Surah Al-Qasas, Verse 53

سورة القصص، الآية ٥٣

28:53 Juz 20 Hizb 40 Page 392 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 28:53

وَإِذَا يُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِۦ مُسْلِمِينَ ۝٥٣

Transliteration

wa-idhā yut'lā ʿalayhim qālū āmannā bihi innahu l-ḥaqu min rabbinā innā kunnā min qablihi mus'limīna

Translation

And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [i.e., submitting to Allāh]."

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Verse 53 of Surah Al-Qasas (28:53), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 392 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

When it is recited to them they say: “We believe it is the truth in which there is no doubt and which is revealed from our Lord. We were Muslims before this Qur’ān was revealed, due to our faith in what the Messengers before him brought”.

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Other translations of verse 53

When this [Qur’an] is recited to them, they say, “We believe in it, for it is the truth from our Lord. We had already submitted [as Muslims even] before this25.”

Notes

[25] Such as ‘Abdullah ibn Salām and Salmān al-Fārisi.

And when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe in it. Verily, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed even before it we have been from those who submit themselves to Allâh in Islâm as Muslims (like ‘Abdullâh bin Salâm and Salmân Al-Farisî).1

Notes

[1] (V.28:53): See the footnote of (V.5:66).

And when it is recited unto them, they say: We believe in it. Lo! it is the Truth from our Lord. Lo! even before it we were of those who surrender (unto Him).

And when it is recited to them, they say: "We believe therein, for it is the Truth from our Lord: indeed we have been Muslims (bowing to Allah's Will) from before this.

And when it is recited to them they say: We believe in it surely it is the truth from our Lord; surely we were submitters before this.

And when it is recited to them, they say, "We believe in it; surely it is the Truth from our Lord. Surely (even) before it, we were Muslims." (i.e. those who surrendered "to Allah").

Verse 53 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. يُتْلَىٰ yut'lā it is recited ت ل و
  3. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them
  4. قَالُوٓا۟ qālū they say ق و ل
  5. ءَامَنَّا āmannā We believe أ م ن
  6. بِهِۦٓ bihi in it
  7. إِنَّهُ innahu Indeed, it
  8. ٱلْحَقُّ l-ḥaqu (is) the truth ح ق ق
  9. مِن min from
  10. رَّبِّنَآ rabbinā our Lord ر ب ب
  11. إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
  12. كُنَّا kunnā [we] were ك و ن
  13. مِن min before it
  14. قَبْلِهِۦ qablihi before it ق ب ل
  15. مُسْلِمِينَ mus'limīna Muslims س ل م

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2544

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "He who has a slave-girl and educates and treats her nicely and then manumits and marries her, will get a double reward."

مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَعَالَهَا، فَأَحْسَنَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 14 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 2547

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who has a slave-girl and teaches her good manners and improves her education and then manumits and marries her, will get a double reward; and any slave who observes Allah's right and his master's right will get a double reward."

أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَانَتْ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ فَأَدَّبَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا، وَأَعْتَقَهَا وَتَزَوَّجَهَا، فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ، وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ أَدَّى حَقَّ اللَّهِ وَحَقَّ مَوَالِيهِ، فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari + 14 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3446

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "If a person teaches his slave girl good manners properly, educates her properly, and then manumits and marries her, he will get a double reward. And if a man believes in Jesus and then believes in me, he will get a double reward. And if a slave fears his Lord (i.e…

إِذَا أَدَّبَ الرَّجُلُ أَمَتَهُ فَأَحْسَنَ تَأْدِيبَهَا، وَعَلَّمَهَا فَأَحْسَنَ تَعْلِيمَهَا ثُمَّ أَعْتَقَهَا فَتَزَوَّجَهَا، كَانَ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ، وَإِذَا آمَنَ بِعِيسَى ثُمَّ آمَنَ بِي، فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ…

Narrated by Abu Mūsa al-Ash‘ari

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