Quran 33:21 — Al-Ahzaab, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Messenger of God is an excellent model for those of you who put your hope in God and the Last Day and remember Him often.
لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا
laqad kāna lakum fī rasūli l-lahi us'watun ḥasanatun liman kāna yarjū l-laha wal-yawma l-ākhira wadhakara l-laha kathīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You have had a good example in God's Messenger for whosoever hopes for God and the Last Day, and remembers God oft.
- Muhammad Asad
- VERILY, in the Apostle of God you have a good example for everyone who looks forward [with hope and awe] to God and the Last Day, and remembers God unceasingly.
- Sahih International
- There has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allāh an excellent pattern for anyone whose hope is in Allāh and the Last Day and [who] remembers Allāh often.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 3 | لَكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | رَسُولِrasūli | (the) Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | أُسْوَةٌus'watun | an excellent example | أسو |
| 8 | حَسَنَةٌۭḥasanatun | an excellent example | حسن |
| 9 | لِّمَنliman | for (one) who | — |
| 10 | كَانَkāna | has | كون |
| 11 | يَرْجُوا۟yarjū | hope | رجو |
| 12 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | (in) Allah | أله |
| 13 | وَٱلْيَوْمَwal-yawma | and the Day | يوم |
| 14 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرَl-ākhira | the Last | أخر |
| 15 | وَذَكَرَwadhakara | and remembers | ذكر |
| 16 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 17 | كَثِيرًۭاkathīran | much | كثر |