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Surah Az-Zumar, Verse 59

سورة الزمر، الآية ٥٩

39:59 Juz 24 Hizb 47 Page 465 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 39:59

بَلَىٰ قَدْ جَآءَتْكَ ءَايَٰتِى فَكَذَّبْتَ بِهَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ وَكُنتَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٥٩

Transliteration

balā qad jāatka āyātī fakadhabta bihā wa-is'takbarta wakunta mina l-kāfirīna

Translation

But yes, there had come to you My verses, but you denied them and were arrogant, and you were among the disbelievers.

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Verse 59 of Surah Az-Zumar (39:59), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 465 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 59

Al-Mukhtasar

The reality is different to what you are now asserting by wishing for guidance. My signs came to you and you denied them, being arrogant. You were of those who rejected, disbelieving in Allah, His signs and His messengers.

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Other translations of verse 59

[Allah will say,] “No indeed! My verses had already come to you, but you rejected them and acted arrogantly, and you were among the disbelievers.”

Yes! Verily, there came to you My Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and you denied them, and were proud13 and were among the disbelievers.

Notes

[13] See the footnote of (V.22:9)

(But now the answer will be): Nay, for My revelations came unto thee, but thou didst deny them and wast scornful and wast among the disbelievers.

"(The reply will be:) 'Nay, but there came to thee my Signs, and thou didst reject them: thou wast Haughty, and became one of those who reject faith!'"

Aye! My communications came to you, but you rejected them, and you were proud and you were one of the unbelievers.

Yes indeed! My signs already came to you, yet you cried lies to them, and you waxed proud and you were among the disbelievers.

Verse 59 word by word

  1. بَلَىٰ balā Yes
  2. قَدْ qad verily
  3. جَآءَتْكَ jāatka came to you ج ي أ
  4. ءَايَٰتِى āyātī My Verses أ ي ي
  5. فَكَذَّبْتَ fakadhabta but you denied ك ذ ب
  6. بِهَا bihā them
  7. وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتَ wa-is'takbarta and were arrogant ك ب ر
  8. وَكُنتَ wakunta and you were ك و ن
  9. مِنَ mina among
  10. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ l-kāfirīna the disbelievers ك ف ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Weak Sunan Abu Dawud 3990

The reading of the following verse by the Prophet (ﷺ) goes: "Nay, but there came to thee (ja'atki) my signs, and thou didst reject them (fakadhdhabti biha) ; thou wast haughty (wastakbarti) and became one of those who reject Faith (wa kunti). Abu Dawud said: This is a mursal tradition, i.e. the…

قِرَاءَةُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏{‏ بَلَى قَدْ جَاءَتْكِ آيَاتِي فَكَذَّبْتِ بِهَا وَاسْتَكْبَرْتِ وَكُنْتِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ ‏}‏

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