Surah Al-Hijr (الحجر) • The Rocky Tract

Quran 15:65

15:65

فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

fa-asri bi-ahlika biqiṭ'ʿin mina al-layli wa-ittabiʿ adbārahum walā yaltafit minkum aḥadun wa-im'ḍū ḥaythu tu'marūna

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."

— Saheeh International

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.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Then travel in a part of the night with your family, and you go behind them in the rear, and let no one amongst you look back, but go on to where you are ordered."

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

Juz 14Page 265meccan

Word by Word

فَأَسْرِfa-asriSo travel
بِأَهْلِكَbi-ahlikawith your family
بِقِطْعٍۢbiqiṭ'ʿinin a portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّيْلِal-laylithe night
وَٱتَّبِعْwa-ittabiʿand follow
أَدْبَـٰرَهُمْadbārahumtheir backs
وَلَاwalāand not
يَلْتَفِتْyaltafitlet look back
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
أَحَدٌۭaḥadunanyone
وَٱمْضُوا۟wa-im'ḍūand go on
حَيْثُḥaythuwhere
تُؤْمَرُونَtu'marūnayou are ordered