Surah Al-Ahqaf 46:30 — translation and meaning

الأحقاف · Verse 30 / 35 · Page 506

قَالُوا يَاقَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنزِلَ مِن بَعْدِ مُوسَى مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَى طَرِيقٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

Word by Word

قَالُوا
qalu
They said
يَاقَوْمَنَا
yaqawmana
O our people
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed, we
سَمِعْنَا
sami'na
[we] have heard
كِتَابًا
kitaban
a Book
أُنزِلَ
unzila
revealed
مِن
min
after
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
مُصَدِّقًا
musaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
lima
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) before it
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
(was) before it
يَهْدِي
yahdi
guiding
إِلَى
ila
to
الْحَقِّ
al-haqi
the truth
وَإِلَى
wa-ila
and to
طَرِيقٍ
tariqin
a Path
مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
mus'taqimin
Straight

Transliteration

Qaaloo yaa qawmanaaa innaa sami'naa Kitaaban unzila mim ba'di Moosa musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi yahdeee ilal haqqi wa ilaa Tareeqim Mustaqeem

Translation

They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

They said to them: O our people, we have heard a book that Allah has revealed after Moses, confirming the previous scriptures revealed by Allah. This book that we heard guides to the truth and it guides to a straight path, which is the path of Islam.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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