Surah Al-Isra, ayah 110
قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا
Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.
Al-Isra · 17:110
Word by word
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūInvoke
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- أَوِawior
- ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūinvoke
- ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
- أَيًّۭاayyanBy whatever (name)
- مَّاmāBy whatever (name)
- تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūyou invoke
- فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
- ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
- ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
- وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
- تَجْهَرْtajharbe loud
- بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
- وَلَاwalāand not
- تُخَافِتْtukhāfitbe silent
- بِهَاbihātherein
- وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
- بَيْنَbaynabetween
- ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
- سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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