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Surah An-Naml, Verse 57

سورة النمل، الآية ٥٧

27:57 Juz 20 Hizb 39 Page 382 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 27:57

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَدَّرْنَٰهَا مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ ۝٥٧

Transliteration

fa-anjaynāhu wa-ahlahu illā im'ra-atahu qaddarnāhā mina l-ghābirīna

Translation

So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

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Verse 57 of Surah An-Naml (27:57), a Meccan surah, is in juz 20, on page 382 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 57

Al-Mukhtasar

So we saved him and his family, except for his wife, who was decreed to be from those who remained behind for the punishment, so she may be from those who were destroyed.

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Other translations of verse 57

So We saved him and his family, except his wife whom We destined to be among those who would remain behind.

So We saved him and his family, except his wife. We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

Then We saved him and his household save his wife; We destined her to be of those who stayed behind.

But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We destined to be of those who lagged behind.

But We delivered him and his followers except his wife; We ordained her to be of those who remained behind.

So We delivered him and his family, except his wife; We determined she should be of the laggards.

Verse 57 word by word

  1. فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ fa-anjaynāhu So We saved him ن ج و
  2. وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ wa-ahlahu and his family أ ه ل
  3. إِلَّا illā except
  4. ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ im'ra-atahu his wife م ر أ
  5. قَدَّرْنَٰهَا qaddarnāhā We destined her ق د ر
  6. مِنَ mina (to be) of
  7. ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ l-ghābirīna those who remained behind غ ب ر

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  • Al-A’raf 7:83

    فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; she was of those who remained [with the evildoers].

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