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Surah Fussilat, Verse 33

سورة فصلت، الآية ٣٣

41:33 Juz 24 Hizb 48 Page 480 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 41:33

وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ ۝٣٣

Transliteration

waman aḥsanu qawlan mimman daʿā ilā l-lahi waʿamila ṣāliḥan waqāla innanī mina l-mus'limīna

Translation

And who is better in speech than one who invites to Allāh and does righteousness and says, "Indeed, I am of the Muslims."

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Verse 33 of Surah Fussilat (41:33), a Meccan surah, is in juz 24, on page 480 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 33

Al-Mukhtasar

There is no one whose speech is better than the one who calls towards the oneness of Allah and acting upon His law, whilst doing good actions that please Him, saying, “Indeed, I am one of those who submit and humble myself to Allah”. Indeed, whoever does all that is the one who is best in speech.

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Other translations of verse 33

Who is better in speech than one who calls to Allah, does righteous deeds, and says, “I am one of the Muslims [submitting to Allah]”?

And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allâh (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allâh’s (Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."

And who is better in speech than him who prayeth unto his Lord and doeth right, and saith: Lo! I am of those who are muslims (surrender unto Him).

Who is better in speech than one who calls (men) to Allah, works righteousness, and says, "I am of those who bow in Islam"?

And who speaks better than he who calls to Allah while he himself does good, and says: I am surely of those who submit?

And who is fairer in speech than he who calls to Allah, and does righteousness, and says, "Surely I (myself ) am one of the Muslims"? (i.e., those who surrender (to Allah)

Verse 33 word by word

  1. وَمَنْ waman And who
  2. أَحْسَنُ aḥsanu (is) better ح س ن
  3. قَوْلًا qawlan (in) speech ق و ل
  4. مِّمَّن mimman than (one) who
  5. دَعَآ daʿā invites د ع و
  6. إِلَى ilā to
  7. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  8. وَعَمِلَ waʿamila and does ع م ل
  9. صَٰلِحًا ṣāliḥan righteous (deeds) ص ل ح
  10. وَقَالَ waqāla and says ق و ل
  11. إِنَّنِى innanī Indeed, I am
  12. مِنَ mina of
  13. ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ l-mus'limīna those who submit س ل م

Verses related to verse 33

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-A’raf 7:199–200

    خُذِ ٱلْعَفْوَ وَأْمُرْ بِٱلْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ …

    Take what is given freely, enjoin what is good, and turn away from the ignorant. …

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