Quran 51:28 — Adh-Dhaariyat, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
beginning to be afraid of them, but they said, ‘Do not be afraid.’ They gave him good news of a son who would be gifted with knowledge.
فَأَوْجَسَ مِنْهُمْ خِيفَةً ۖ قَالُوا لَا تَخَفْ ۖ وَبَشَّرُوهُ بِغُلَامٍ عَلِيمٍ
fa-awjasa min'hum khīfatan qālū lā takhaf wabasharūhu bighulāmin ʿalīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then he conceived a fear of them. They said, 'Be not afraid!' And they gave him good tidings of a cunning boy.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And when he saw that the guests would not eat,] he became apprehensive of them; [but] they said, “Fear not” - and gave him the glad tiding of [the birth of] a son who would be endowed with deep knowledge.
- Sahih International
- And he felt from them apprehension. They said, "Fear not," and gave him good tidings of a learned boy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَأَوْجَسَfa-awjasa | Then he felt | وجس |
| 2 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | from them | — |
| 3 | خِيفَةًۭ ۖkhīfatan | a fear | خوف |
| 4 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 5 | لَاlā | (Do) not | — |
| 6 | تَخَفْ ۖtakhaf | fear | خوف |
| 7 | وَبَشَّرُوهُwabasharūhu | and they gave him glad tidings | بشر |
| 8 | بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāmin | of a son | غلم |
| 9 | عَلِيمٍۢʿalīmin | learned | علم |