Quran 10:87 — Yunus, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We revealed to Moses and his brother: ‘House your people in Egypt and make these houses places of worship; keep up the prayer; give good news to the believers!’
وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَأَخِيهِ أَنْ تَبَوَّآ لِقَوْمِكُمَا بِمِصْرَ بُيُوتًا وَاجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ قِبْلَةً وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
wa-awḥaynā ilā mūsā wa-akhīhi an tabawwaā liqawmikumā bimiṣ'ra buyūtan wa-ij'ʿalū buyūtakum qib'latan wa-aqīmū l-ṣalata wabashiri l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We revealed to Moses and his brother, 'Take you, for your people, in Egypt certain houses; and make your houses a direction for men to pray to; and perform the prayer; and do thou give good tidings to the believers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [thus] did We inspire Moses and his brother: "Set aside for your people some houses in the city, and [tell them], `Turn your houses into places of worship, and be constant in prayer!' And give thou [O Moses] the glad tiding [of God's succour] to all believers."
- Sahih International
- And We inspired to Moses and his brother, "Settle your people in Egypt in houses and make your houses [facing the] qiblah and establish prayer and give good tidings to the believers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynā | And We inspired | وحي |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 4 | وَأَخِيهِwa-akhīhi | and his brother | أخو |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَبَوَّءَاtabawwaā | Settle | بوأ |
| 7 | لِقَوْمِكُمَاliqawmikumā | your people | قوم |
| 8 | بِمِصْرَbimiṣ'ra | in Egypt | مصر |
| 9 | بُيُوتًۭاbuyūtan | (in) houses | بيت |
| 10 | وَٱجْعَلُوا۟wa-ij'ʿalū | and make | جعل |
| 11 | بُيُوتَكُمْbuyūtakum | your houses | بيت |
| 12 | قِبْلَةًۭqib'latan | (as) places of worship | قبل |
| 13 | وَأَقِيمُوا۟wa-aqīmū | and establish | قوم |
| 14 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ ۗl-ṣalata | the prayer | صلو |
| 15 | وَبَشِّرِwabashiri | And give glad tidings | بشر |
| 16 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | (to) the believers | أمن |