Surah Al-Isra, ayah 57
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا
Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the punishment of your Lord is ever feared.
Al-Isra · 17:57
Word by word
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawhom
- يَدْعُونَyadʿūnathey call
- يَبْتَغُونَyabtaghūnaseek
- إِلَىٰilāto
- رَبِّهِمُrabbihimutheir Lord
- ٱلْوَسِيلَةَl-wasīlatathe means of access
- أَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of them
- أَقْرَبُaqrabu(is) nearest
- وَيَرْجُونَwayarjūnaand they hope
- رَحْمَتَهُۥraḥmatahu(for) His mercy
- وَيَخَافُونَwayakhāfūnaand fear
- عَذَابَهُۥٓ ۚʿadhābahuHis punishment
- إِنَّinnaIndeed
- عَذَابَʿadhāba(the) punishment
- رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
- كَانَkānais
- مَحْذُورًۭاmaḥdhūran(ever) feared
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