Surah Al-Ahqaf · Ayah 17

Meaning of Surah Al-Ahqaf, Ayah 17

Wallathee qala liwalidayhioffin lakuma ataAAidaninee an okhraja waqad khalatialquroonu min qablee wahuma yastagheethani Allahawaylaka amin inna waAAda Allahi haqqunfayaqoolu ma hatha illa asateerual-awwaleen

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1. وَٱلَّذِىwa-alladhīBut the one who
2. قَالَqālasays
3. لِوَٰلِدَيْهِliwālidayhito his parents
4. أُفٍّۢuffinUff
5. لَّكُمَآlakumāto both of you
6. أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓataʿidāninīDo you promise me
7. أَنْanthat
8. أُخْرَجَukh'rajaI will be brought forth
9. وَقَدْwaqadand have already passed away
10. خَلَتِkhalatiand have already passed away
11. ٱلْقُرُونُl-qurūnuthe generations
12. مِنminbefore me
13. قَبْلِىqablībefore me
14. وَهُمَاwahumāAnd they both
15. يَسْتَغِيثَانِyastaghīthāniseek help
16. ٱللَّهَl-laha(of) Allah
17. وَيْلَكَwaylakaWoe to you
18. ءَامِنْāminBelieve
19. إِنَّinnaIndeed
20. وَعْدَwaʿda(the) Promise
21. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
22. حَقٌّۭḥaqqun(is) true
23. فَيَقُولُfayaqūluBut he says
24. مَاmāNot
25. هَـٰذَآhādhā(is) this
26. إِلَّآillābut
27. أَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīru(the) stories
28. ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)