Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:28 — translation and meaning

المؤمنون · Verse 28 / 118 · Page 344

فَإِذَا اسْتَوَيْتَ أَنتَ وَمَن مَّعَكَ عَلَى الْفُلْكِ فَقُلِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي نَجَّانَا مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

فَإِذَا
fa-idha
And when
اسْتَوَيْتَ
is'tawayta
you (have) boarded
أَنتَ
anta
you
وَمَن
waman
and whoever
مَّعَكَ
ma'aka
(is) with you
عَلَى
ala
[on]
الْفُلْكِ
al-ful'ki
the ship
فَقُلِ
faquli
then say
الْحَمْدُ
al-hamdu
Praise
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(be) to Allah
الَّذِي
alladhi
Who
نَجَّانَا
najjana
(has) saved us
مِنَ
mina
from
الْقَوْمِ
al-qawmi
the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
the wrongdoers."

Transliteration

Fa izas tawaita ata wa mam ma'aka 'alal fulki faqulil hamdu lillaahil lazee najjaanaa minal qawmiz zalimeen

Translation

And when you have boarded the ship, you and those with you, then say, 'Praise to Allah who has saved us from the wrongdoing people.'

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When you board the ship together with the believers achieving salvation, say: “All praise is for Allah Who saved us from the disbelieving people and destroyed them.”

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

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