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Surah As-Sajdah, Verse 18

سورة السجدة، الآية ١٨

32:18 Juz 21 Hizb 42 Page 416 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 32:18

أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقًا لَّا يَسْتَوُۥنَ ۝١٨

Transliteration

afaman kāna mu'minan kaman kāna fāsiqan lā yastawūna

Translation

Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

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Verse 18 of Surah As-Sajdah (32:18), a Meccan surah, is in juz 21, on page 416 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 18

Al-Mukhtasar

The one who believes in Allah, acts upon His commands and refrains from that which he is prohibited from, is not like the one who disobeys Him. The two groups are not equal in terms of requital according to Allah.

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Other translations of verse 18

Is one who is a believer like one who is an evildoer? They are not equal.

Is then he who is a believer like him who is a Fâsiq (disbeliever and disobedient to Allâh)? Not equal are they.

Is he who is a believer like unto him who is an evil-liver? They are not alike.

Is then the man who believes no better than the man who is rebellious and wicked? Not equal are they.

Is he then who is a believer like him who is a transgressor? They are not equal.

So, is he who has been a believer like him who has been immoral? They are not equal.

Verse 18 word by word

  1. أَفَمَن afaman Then is one who
  2. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  3. مُؤْمِنًا mu'minan a believer أ م ن
  4. كَمَن kaman like (him) who
  5. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  6. فَاسِقًا fāsiqan defiantly disobedient ف س ق
  7. لَّا lā Not
  8. يَسْتَوُۥنَ yastawūna they are equal س و ي

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