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Surah An-Nazi’at, Verse 22

سورة النازعات، الآية ٢٢

79:22 Juz 30 Hizb 59 Page 584 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 79:22

ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ ۝٢٢

Transliteration

thumma adbara yasʿā

Translation

Then he turned his back, striving [i.e., plotting].¹⁸⁴³

Notes

[1843] An alternative meaning is "running [from the snake]."

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Verse 22 of Surah An-Nazi’at (79:22), a Meccan surah, is in juz 30, on page 584 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 22

Al-Mukhtasar

He then turned away from bringing faith in what Moses had brought.

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Other translations of verse 22

Then he turned back striving to plot.

Then he turned his back, striving (against Allâh).

Then turned he away in haste,

Further, he turned his back, striving hard (against Allah).

Then he went back hastily.

Thereafter he withdrew in a (hasty) endeavor.

Verse 22 word by word

ثُمَّ thumma Then
أَدْبَرَ adbara he turned his back د ب ر
يَسْعَىٰ yasʿā striving س ع ي

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muwatta Malik 238

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had asked Ibn Shihab about the word of Allah, the Majestic, the Mighty, "O you who accept, when the call is made for the prayer on the day of jumua, make haste to the remembrance of Allah."(Sura 62 ayat 9). Ibn Shihab said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab used to…

حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ، عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَا نُودِيَ لِلصَّلاَةِ مِنْ يَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاسْعَوْا إِلَى ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ‏}‏…

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