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Surah An-Naml, Verse 43

سورة النمل، الآية ٤٣

27:43 Juz 19 Hizb 38 Page 380 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:43

وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَٰفِرِينَ ۝٤٣

Transliteration

waṣaddahā mā kānat taʿbudu min dūni l-lahi innahā kānat min qawmin kāfirīna

Translation

And that which she was worshipping other than Allāh had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

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Verse 43 of Surah An-Naml (27:43), a Meccan surah, is in juz 19, on page 380 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 43

Al-Mukhtasar

And she was turned away from the Oneness of Allah by what she used to worship besides Allah, in following her people and blindly imitating them. She was amongst the people who disbelieve in Allah, so she was a disbeliever like them.

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Other translations of verse 43

But she was hindered [from the faith] because she used to worship other than Allah, for she came from a disbelieving people.

And that which she used to worship besides Allâh has prevented her (from Islâm), for she was of a disbelieving people.

And (all) that she was wont to worship instead of Allah hindered her, for she came of disbelieving folk.

And he diverted her from the worship of others besides Allah: for she was (sprung) of a people that had no faith.

And what she worshipped besides Allah prevented her, surely she was of an unbelieving people.

And what she used to worship, apart from Allah, barred her (from belief); (for) surely she was of a disbelieving people.

Verse 43 word by word

  1. وَصَدَّهَا waṣaddahā And has averted her ص د د
  2. مَا mā what
  3. كَانَت kānat she used (to) ك و ن
  4. تَّعْبُدُ taʿbudu worship ع ب د
  5. مِن min besides
  6. دُونِ dūni besides د و ن
  7. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  8. إِنَّهَا innahā Indeed, she
  9. كَانَتْ kānat was ك و ن
  10. مِن min from
  11. قَوْمٍ qawmin a people ق و م
  12. كَٰفِرِينَ kāfirīna who disbelieve ك ف ر

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