Quran 15:65 — Al-Hijr, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
so leave in the dead of the night with your household, and walk behind them. Let none of you look back. Go where you are commanded.’
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So set forth, thou with thy family, in a watch of the night, and follow after the backs of them, and let not any one of you turn round; and depart unto the place you are commanded.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Go, then., with thy household while it is yet night, with thyself following them in the rear; and let none of you look back, but proceed whither you are bidden."
- Sahih International
- So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَسْرِfa-asri | So travel | سري |
| 2 | بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlika | with your family | أهل |
| 3 | بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿin | in a portion | قطع |
| 4 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 5 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | the night | ليل |
| 6 | وَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿ | and follow | تبع |
| 7 | أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْadbārahum | their backs | دبر |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | يَلْتَفِتْyaltafit | let look back | لفت |
| 10 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 11 | أَحَدٌۭaḥadun | anyone | أحد |
| 12 | وَٱمْضُوا۟wa-im'ḍū | and go on | مضي |
| 13 | حَيْثُḥaythu | where | حيث |
| 14 | تُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūna | you are ordered | أمر |