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21. Surah Al-Anbiya

The Prophets

Read and listen to the full Surah Al-Anbiya (Chapter 21), consisting of 112 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 17), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful
21:51
۞ ولقد اتينا ابراهيم رشده من قبل وكنا به عالمين ٥١
۞ وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَـٰلِمِينَ ٥١
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And indeed, We had granted Abraham sound judgment early on, for We knew him well ˹to be worthy of it˺.
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21:52
اذ قال لابيه وقومه ما هاذه التماثيل التي انتم لها عاكفون ٥٢
إِذْ قَالَ لِأَبِيهِ وَقَوْمِهِۦ مَا هَـٰذِهِ ٱلتَّمَاثِيلُ ٱلَّتِىٓ أَنتُمْ لَهَا عَـٰكِفُونَ ٥٢
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˹Remember˺ when he questioned his father and his people, “What are these statues to which you are so devoted?”
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21:53
قالوا وجدنا اباءنا لها عابدين ٥٣
قَالُوا۟ وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا لَهَا عَـٰبِدِينَ ٥٣
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They replied, “We found our forefathers worshipping them.”
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21:54
قال لقد كنتم انتم واباوكم في ضلال مبين ٥٤
قَالَ لَقَدْ كُنتُمْ أَنتُمْ وَءَابَآؤُكُمْ فِى ضَلَـٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ ٥٤
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He responded, “Indeed, you and your forefathers have been clearly astray.”
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21:55
قالوا اجيتنا بالحق ام انت من اللاعبين ٥٥
قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّـٰعِبِينَ ٥٥
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They asked, “Have you come to us with the truth, or is this a joke?”
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21:56
قال بل ربكم رب السماوات والارض الذي فطرهن وانا على ذالكم من الشاهدين ٥٦
قَالَ بَل رَّبُّكُمْ رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّذِى فَطَرَهُنَّ وَأَنَا۠ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكُم مِّنَ ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَ ٥٦
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He replied, “In fact, your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who created them ˹both˺. And to that I bear witness.”
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21:57
وتالله لاكيدن اصنامكم بعد ان تولوا مدبرين ٥٧
وَتَٱللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَـٰمَكُم بَعْدَ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ ٥٧
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˹Then he said to himself,˺ “By Allah! I will surely plot against your idols after you have turned your backs and gone away.”
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21:58
فجعلهم جذاذا الا كبيرا لهم لعلهم اليه يرجعون ٥٨
فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًۭا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ ٥٨
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So he smashed them into pieces, except the biggest of them, so they might turn to it ˹for answers˺.
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21:59
قالوا من فعل هاذا بالهتنا انه لمن الظالمين ٥٩
قَالُوا۟ مَن فَعَلَ هَـٰذَا بِـَٔالِهَتِنَآ إِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ٥٩
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They protested, “Who dared do this to our gods? It must be an evildoer!”
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21:60
قالوا سمعنا فتى يذكرهم يقال له ابراهيم ٦٠
قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا فَتًۭى يَذْكُرُهُمْ يُقَالُ لَهُۥٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمُ ٦٠
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Some said, “We heard a young man, called Abraham, speaking ˹ill˺ of them.”
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