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Surah An-Nahl, Verse 98

سورة النحل، الآية ٩٨

16:98 Juz 14 Hizb 28 Page 278 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 16:98

فَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ فَٱسْتَعِذْ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ ۝٩٨

Transliteration

fa-idhā qarata l-qur'āna fa-is'taʿidh bil-lahi mina l-shayṭāni l-rajīmi

Translation

So when you recite the Qur’ān, [first] seek refuge in Allāh from Satan, the expelled [from His mercy].

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Verse 98 of Surah An-Nahl (16:98), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 278 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 98

Al-Mukhtasar

When you intend to recite the Qur’ān - O believer - then ask Allah to protect you from the whispering of the Satan, who is rejected from Allah’s mercy.

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Other translations of verse 98

When you recite the Qur’an, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan.

So when you want to recite the Qur’ân, seek refuge with Allâh from Shaitân (Satan), the outcast (the cursed one).

And when thou recitest the Qur'an, seek refuge in Allah from Satan the outcast.

When thou dost read the Qur'an, seek Allah's protection from Satan the rejected one.

So when you recite the Quran, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed Shaitan,

So when you read the Qur'an, then seek refuge in Allah from the outcast Shaytan (The all-vicious, i.e., the Devil).

Verse 98 word by word

  1. فَإِذَا fa-idhā So when
  2. قَرَأْتَ qarata you recite ق ر أ
  3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَ l-qur'āna the Quran ق ر أ
  4. فَٱسْتَعِذْ fa-is'taʿidh seek refuge ع و ذ
  5. بِٱللَّهِ bil-lahi in Allah
  6. مِنَ mina from
  7. ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ l-shayṭāni the Shaitaan ش ط ن
  8. ٱلرَّجِيمِ l-rajīmi the accursed ر ج م

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