Surah Al-Hijr 15:65 — translation and meaning
الحجر · Verse 65 / 99 · Page 265
فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ اللَّيْلِ وَاتَّبِعْ أَدْبَارَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَامْضُوا حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ
Word by Word
فَأَسْرِ
fa-asri
So travel
بِأَهْلِكَ
bi-ahlika
with your family
بِقِطْعٍ
biqit'in
in a portion
مِّنَ
mina
of
اللَّيْلِ
al-layli
the night
وَاتَّبِعْ
wa-ittabi'
and follow
أَدْبَارَهُمْ
adbarahum
their backs
وَلَا
wala
and not
يَلْتَفِتْ
yaltafit
let look back
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
أَحَدٌ
ahadun
anyone
وَامْضُوا
wa-im'du
and go on
حَيْثُ
haythu
where
تُؤْمَرُونَ
tu'maruna
you are ordered
Transliteration
Fa asri bi ahlika biqit'im minal laili wattabi' adbaarahum wa laa yaltafit minkum ahadunw wamdoo haisu tu'maroon
Translation
So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So travel with your family after a portion of the night has passed. Travel behind them and let none of you look back to see what happens to them. Proceed to where Allah has instructed you to go.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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