Quran 43:28 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and he bequeathed these words to his descendants so that they might return [to God].
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
wajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fī ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And he made it a word enduring among his posterity; haply so they would return.
- Muhammad Asad
- And he uttered this as a word destined to endure among those who would come after him, so that they might [always] return [to it].
- Sahih International
- And he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَجَعَلَهَاwajaʿalahā | And he made it | جعل |
| 2 | كَلِمَةًۢkalimatan | a word | كلم |
| 3 | بَاقِيَةًۭbāqiyatan | lasting | بقي |
| 4 | فِىfī | among | — |
| 5 | عَقِبِهِۦʿaqibihi | his descendents | عقب |
| 6 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 7 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |