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Surah Maryam, Verse 56

سورة مريم، الآية ٥٦

19:56 Juz 16 Hizb 31 Page 309 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 19:56

وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِدْرِيسَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا ۝٥٦

Transliteration

wa-udh'kur fī l-kitābi id'rīsa innahu kāna ṣiddīqan nabiyyan

Translation

And mention in the Book, Idrees. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

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Verse 56 of Surah Maryam (19:56), 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 56

Al-Mukhtasar

And mention, O Messenger, in the Qur’ān which has been revealed to you, the story of Idris (peace be upon him). He was very truthful and firmly believed in the signs of his Lord, and he was one of the prophets of Allah.

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Other translations of verse 56

And mention in the Book [the story of] Idrīs14. He was a man of truth and a prophet.

Notes

[14] i.e., Prophet Enoch (عليه السلام).

And mention in the Book (the Qur’ân) Idrîs (Enoch).Verily he was a man of truth, (and) a Prophet.

And make mention in the Scripture of Idris. Lo! he was a saint, a prophet;

Also mention in the Book the case of Idris: He was a man of truth (and sincerity), (and) a prophet:

And mention Idris in the Book; surely he was a truthful man, a prophet,

And mention in the Book ÉIdrîs; surely he was most sincere, a Prophet.

Verse 56 word by word

  1. وَٱذْكُرْ wa-udh'kur And mention ذ ك ر
  2. فِى fī in
  3. ٱلْكِتَٰبِ l-kitābi the Book ك ت ب
  4. إِدْرِيسَ id'rīsa Idris
  5. إِنَّهُۥ innahu Indeed, he
  6. كَانَ kāna was ك و ن
  7. صِدِّيقًا ṣiddīqan truthful ص د ق
  8. نَّبِيًّا nabiyyan a Prophet ن ب أ

Verses related to verse 56

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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  • Maryam 19:41

    وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ صِدِّيقًا نَّبِيًّا

    And mention in the Book [the story of] Abraham. Indeed, he was a man of truth and a prophet.

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