Surah An-Naml (النمل) • The Ant

Quran 27:7

27:7

إِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِأَهْلِهِۦٓ إِنِّىٓ ءَانَسْتُ نَارًا سَـَٔاتِيكُم مِّنْهَا بِخَبَرٍ أَوْ ءَاتِيكُم بِشِهَابٍ قَبَسٍ لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَصْطَلُونَ

idh qāla mūsā li-ahlihi innī ānastu nāran saātīkum min'hā bikhabarin aw ātīkum bishihābin qabasin laʿallakum taṣṭalūna

[Mention] when Moses said to his family, "Indeed, I have perceived a fire. I will bring you from there information or will bring you a burning torch that you may warm yourselves."

— Saheeh International

Moses said to his family, ‘I have seen a fire. I will bring you news from there, or a burning stick for you to warm yourselves.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(Remember) when Mûsâ (Moses) said to his household: "Verily I have seen a fire; I will bring you from there some information, or I will bring you a burning brand, that you may warm yourselves."

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

Juz 19Page 377meccan

Word by Word

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālasaid
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
لِأَهْلِهِۦٓli-ahlihito his family
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
ءَانَسْتُānastuperceive
نَارًۭاnārana fire
سَـَٔاتِيكُمsaātīkumI will bring you
مِّنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
بِخَبَرٍbikhabarinsome information
أَوْawor
ءَاتِيكُمātīkumI will bring you
بِشِهَابٍۢbishihābina torch
قَبَسٍۢqabasinburning
لَّعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumso that you may
تَصْطَلُونَtaṣṭalūnawarm yourselves