Surah Al-An'am (الأنعام) • The Cattle

Quran 6:78

6:78

فَلَمَّا رَءَا ٱلشَّمْسَ بَازِغَةً قَالَ هَـٰذَا رَبِّى هَـٰذَآ أَكْبَرُ ۖ فَلَمَّآ أَفَلَتْ قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى بَرِىٓءٌ مِّمَّا تُشْرِكُونَ

falammā raā l-shamsa bāzighatan qāla hādhā rabbī hādhā akbaru falammā afalat qāla yāqawmi innī barīon mimmā tush'rikūna

And when he saw the sun rising, he said, "This is my lord; this is greater." But when it set, he said, "O my people, indeed I am free from what you associate with Allāh.

— Saheeh International

Then he saw the sun rising and cried, ‘This is my Lord! This is greater.’ But when the sun set, he said, ‘My people, I disown all that you worship beside God.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

When he saw the sun rising up, he said: "This is my lord. This is greater." But when it set, he said: "O my people! I am indeed free from all that you join as partners (in worship with Allâh).

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

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Word by Word

فَلَمَّاfalammāWhen
رَءَاraāhe saw
ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
بَازِغَةًۭbāzighatanrising
قَالَqālahe said
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis (is)
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
هَـٰذَآhādhāthis (is)
أَكْبَرُۖakbarugreater
فَلَمَّآfalammāBut when
أَفَلَتْafalatit set
قَالَqālahe said
يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
بَرِىٓءٌۭbarīonfree
مِّمَّاmimmāof what
تُشْرِكُونَtush'rikūnayou associate (with Allah)