Surah Fussilat, ayah 21
وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا ۖ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allāh, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first time, and to Him you are returned.
Fussilat · 41:21
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they will say
- لِجُلُودِهِمْlijulūdihimto their skins
- لِمَlimaWhy do
- شَهِدتُّمْshahidttumyou testify
- عَلَيْنَا ۖʿalaynāagainst us
- قَالُوٓا۟qālūThey will say
- أَنطَقَنَاanṭaqanāAllah made us speak
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah made us speak
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhīthe One Who
- أَنطَقَanṭaqamakes speak
- كُلَّkullaevery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- وَهُوَwahuwaand He
- خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumcreated you
- أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
- مَرَّةٍۢmarratintime
- وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
- تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be returned
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