Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:191

3:191

ٱلَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ قِيَـٰمًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَـٰذَا بَـٰطِلًا سُبْحَـٰنَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

alladhīna yadhkurūna l-laha qiyāman waquʿūdan waʿalā junūbihim wayatafakkarūna fī khalqi l-samāwāti wal-arḍi rabbanā mā khalaqta hādhā bāṭilan sub'ḥānaka faqinā ʿadhāba l-nāri

Who remember Allāh while standing or sitting or [lying] on their sides and give thought to the creation of the heavens and the earth, [saying], "Our Lord, You did not create this aimlessly; exalted are You [above such a thing]; then protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

— Saheeh International

who remember God standing, sitting, and lying down, who reflect on the creation of the heavens and earth: ‘Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose- You are far above that!- so protect us from the torment of the Fire.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those who remember Allâh (always, and in prayers) standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and think deeply about the creation of the heavens and the earth, (saying): "Our Lord! You have not created (all) this without purpose, glory to You! (Exalted are You above all that they associate with You as partners). Give us salvation from the torment of the Fire.

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

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ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَذْكُرُونَyadhkurūnaremember
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
قِيَـٰمًۭاqiyāmanstanding
وَقُعُودًۭاwaquʿūdanand sitting
وَعَلَىٰwaʿalāand on
جُنُوبِهِمْjunūbihimtheir sides
وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَwayatafakkarūnaand they reflect
فِىfīon
خَلْقِkhalqi(the) creation
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
مَاmānot
خَلَقْتَkhalaqtaYou have created
هَـٰذَاhādhāthis
بَـٰطِلًۭاbāṭilan(in) vain
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
فَقِنَاfaqināso save us
عَذَابَʿadhāba(from the) punishment
ٱلنَّارِl-nāri(of) the Fire