Quran 11:69 — Hud, verse 69
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
To Abraham Our messengers brought good news. They said, ‘Peace.’ He answered, ‘Peace,’ and without delay he brought in a roasted calf.
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُنَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِالْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوا سَلَامًا ۖ قَالَ سَلَامٌ ۖ فَمَا لَبِثَ أَنْ جَاءَ بِعِجْلٍ حَنِيذٍ
walaqad jāat rusulunā ib'rāhīma bil-bush'rā qālū salāman qāla salāmun famā labitha an jāa biʿij'lin ḥanīdhin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Our messengers came to Abraham with the good tidings; they said, 'Peace!' 'Peace,' he said; and presently he brought a roasted calf.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND, INDEED, there came unto Abraham Our [heavenly] messengers, bearing a glad tiding. They bade him peace; [and] he answered, "[And upon you be] peace!"-and made haste to place before them a roasted calf.
- Sahih International
- And certainly did Our messengers [i.e., angels] come to Abraham with good tidings; they said, "Peace." He said, "Peace," and did not delay in bringing [them] a roasted calf.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | جَآءَتْjāat | came | جيأ |
| 3 | رُسُلُنَآrusulunā | Our messengers | رسل |
| 4 | إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīma | (to) Ibrahim | — |
| 5 | بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰbil-bush'rā | with glad tidings | بشر |
| 6 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 7 | سَلَـٰمًۭا ۖsalāman | Peace | سلم |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | سَلَـٰمٌۭ ۖsalāmun | Peace | سلم |
| 10 | فَمَاfamā | and not he delayed | — |
| 11 | لَبِثَlabitha | and not he delayed | لبث |
| 12 | أَنan | to | — |
| 13 | جَآءَjāa | bring | جيأ |
| 14 | بِعِجْلٍbiʿij'lin | a calf | عجل |
| 15 | حَنِيذٍۢḥanīdhin | roasted | حنذ |