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Surah Maryam, Verse 55

سورة مريم، الآية ٥٥

19:55 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 309 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:55

وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ أَهْلَهُۥ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ وَكَانَ عِندَ رَبِّهِۦ مَرْضِيًّا ۝٥٥

Transliteration

wakāna yamuru ahlahu bil-ṣalati wal-zakati wakāna ʿinda rabbihi marḍiyyan

Translation

And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakāh and was to his Lord pleasing [i.e., accepted by Him].

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Verse 55 of Surah Maryam (19:55), a Meccan surah, is in juz 16, on page 309 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 55

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He used to instruct his household to keep up the prayer and to give Zakat, and his Lord was well pleased with him.

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Other translations of verse 55

He used to command his people to pray and give zakah, and his Lord was well pleased with him.

And he used to enjoin on his family and his people As-Salât (the prayers) and the Zakât and his Lord was pleased with him.

He enjoined upon his people worship and almsgiving, and was acceptable in the sight of his Lord.

He used to enjoin on his people Prayer and Charity, and he was most acceptable in the sight of his Lord.

And he enjoined on his family prayer and almsgiving, and was one in whom his Lord was well pleased.

And he used to command his family to (keep up) the prayer and (to give) Zakat; (The poordues) and he was most satisfied in the Providence of his Lord.

Verse 55 word by word

  1. وَكَانَ wakāna And he used ك و ن
  2. يَأْمُرُ yamuru (to) enjoin أ م ر
  3. أَهْلَهُۥ ahlahu (on) his people أ ه ل
  4. بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ bil-ṣalati the prayer ص ل و
  5. وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ wal-zakati and zakah ز ك و
  6. وَكَانَ wakāna and was ك و ن
  7. عِندَ ʿinda near ع ن د
  8. رَبِّهِۦ rabbihi his Lord ر ب ب
  9. مَرْضِيًّا marḍiyyan pleasing ر ض و

Verses related to verse 55

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Taha 20:132

    وَأْمُرْ أَهْلَكَ بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱصْطَبِرْ عَلَيْهَا لَا نَسْـَٔلُكَ رِزْقًا نَّحْنُ نَرْزُقُكَ وَٱلْعَٰقِبَةُ لِلتَّقْوَىٰ

    And enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.

  • At-Tahrim 66:6

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَهْلِيكُمْ نَارًا وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ عَلَيْهَا مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ غِلَاظٌ شِدَادٌ لَّا يَعْصُونَ ٱللَّهَ مَآ أَمَرَهُمْ وَيَفْعَلُونَ مَا يُؤْمَرُونَ

    O you who have believed, protect yourselves and your families from a Fire whose fuel is people and stones, over which are [appointed] angels, harsh and severe; they do not disobey Allāh in what He commands them but do what they are commanded.

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