Surah An-Naml, ayah 49
قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَـٰدِقُونَ
They said, "Take a mutual oath by Allāh that we will kill him by night, he and his family. Then we will say to his executor, 'We did not witness the destruction of his family, and indeed, we are truthful.'"
An-Naml · 27:49
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- تَقَاسَمُوا۟taqāsamūSwear to each other
- بِٱللَّهِbil-lahiby Allah
- لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥlanubayyitannahusurely, we will attack him by night
- وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahuand his family
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- لَنَقُولَنَّlanaqūlannawe will surely say
- لِوَلِيِّهِۦliwaliyyihito his heir
- مَاmāNot
- شَهِدْنَاshahid'nāwe witnessed
- مَهْلِكَmahlika(the) destruction
- أَهْلِهِۦahlihi(of) his family
- وَإِنَّاwa-innāand indeed, we
- لَصَـٰدِقُونَlaṣādiqūna(are) surely truthful
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