Quran 21:73 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 73
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made all of them leaders, guiding others by Our command, and We inspired them to do good works, to keep up the prayer, and to give alms: they were Our true worshippers.
وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ أَئِمَّةً يَهْدُونَ بِأَمْرِنَا وَأَوْحَيْنَا إِلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَ الْخَيْرَاتِ وَإِقَامَ الصَّلَاةِ وَإِيتَاءَ الزَّكَاةِ ۖ وَكَانُوا لَنَا عَابِدِينَ
wajaʿalnāhum a-immatan yahdūna bi-amrinā wa-awḥaynā ilayhim fiʿ'la l-khayrāti wa-iqāma l-ṣalati waītāa l-zakati wakānū lanā ʿābidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and appointed them to be leaders guiding by Our command, and We revealed to them the doing of good deeds, and to perform the prayer, and to pay the alms, and Us they served.
- Muhammad Asad
- and made them leaders who would guide [others] in accordance with Our behest: for We inspired them [with a will] to do good works, and to be constant in prayer, and to dispense charity: and Us [alone] did they worship.
- Sahih International
- And We made them leaders guiding by Our command. And We inspired to them the doing of good deeds, establishment of prayer, and giving of zakāh; and they were worshippers of Us.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْwajaʿalnāhum | And We made them | جعل |
| 2 | أَئِمَّةًۭa-immatan | leaders | أمم |
| 3 | يَهْدُونَyahdūna | they guide | هدي |
| 4 | بِأَمْرِنَاbi-amrinā | by Our Command | أمر |
| 5 | وَأَوْحَيْنَآwa-awḥaynā | And We inspired | وحي |
| 6 | إِلَيْهِمْilayhim | to them | — |
| 7 | فِعْلَfiʿ'la | (the) doing | فعل |
| 8 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِl-khayrāti | (of) good deeds | خير |
| 9 | وَإِقَامَwa-iqāma | and establishment | قوم |
| 10 | ٱلصَّلَوٰةِl-ṣalati | (of) the prayer | صلو |
| 11 | وَإِيتَآءَwaītāa | and giving | أتي |
| 12 | ٱلزَّكَوٰةِ ۖl-zakati | (of) zakah | زكو |
| 13 | وَكَانُوا۟wakānū | and they were | كون |
| 14 | لَنَاlanā | of Us | — |
| 15 | عَـٰبِدِينَʿābidīna | worshippers | عبد |