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Quran 11:61Hud, verse 61

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

To the Thamud, We sent their brother, Salih. He said, ‘My people, worship God. You have no god other than Him. It was He who brought you into being from the earth and made you inhabit it, so ask forgiveness from Him, and turn back to Him: my Lord is near, and ready to answer.’

وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَالِحًا ۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ هُوَ أَنْشَأَكُمْ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي قَرِيبٌ مُجِيبٌ

wa-ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu huwa ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-is'taʿmarakum fīhā fa-is'taghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī qarībun mujībun

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Word-by-word analysis of Hud verse 61
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1۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
2ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
3أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brotherأخو
4صَـٰلِحًۭا ۚṣāliḥanSalihصلح
5قَالَqālaHe saidقول
6يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my peopleقوم
7ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorshipعبد
8ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahأله
9مَاnot
10لَكُمlakumyou have
11مِّنْminany
12إِلَـٰهٍilāhingodأله
13غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Himغير
14هُوَhuwaHe
15أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumproduced youنشأ
16مِّنَminafrom
17ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earthأرض
18وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand settled youعمر
19فِيهَاfīhāin it
20فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo ask forgiveness of Himغفر
21ثُمَّthummathen
22تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentanceتوب
23إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
24إِنَّinnaIndeed
25رَبِّىrabbīmy Lordربب
26قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) nearقرب
27مُّجِيبٌۭmujībunAll-Responsiveجوب