Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:24

29:24

فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

famā kāna jawāba qawmihi illā an qālū uq'tulūhu aw ḥarriqūhu fa-anjāhu l-lahu mina l-nāri inna fī dhālika laāyātin liqawmin yu'minūna

And the answer of his [i.e., Abraham's] people was not but that they said, "Kill him or burn him," but Allāh saved him from the fire. Indeed in that are signs for a people who believe.

— Saheeh International

The only answer Abraham’s people gave was, ‘Kill him or burn him!’ but God saved him from the Fire: there truly are signs in this for people who believe.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So nothing was the answer of [Ibrâhîm’s (Abraham)] people except that they said: "Kill him or burn him." Then Allâh saved him from the fire. Verily, in this are indeed signs for a people who believe.

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

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Word by Word

فَمَاfamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
جَوَابَjawāba(the) answer
قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi(of) his people
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنanthat
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
ٱقْتُلُوهُuq'tulūhuKill him
أَوْawor
حَرِّقُوهُḥarriqūhuburn him
فَأَنجَىٰهُfa-anjāhuBut Allah saved him
ٱللَّهُl-lahuBut Allah saved him
مِنَminafrom
ٱلنَّارِۚl-nārithe fire
إِنَّinnaIndeed
فِىfīin
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢlaāyātinsurely (are) Signs
لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawminfor a people
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnawho believe