Surah Al-Qasas 28:53 — translation and meaning

القصص · Verse 53 / 88 · Page 392

وَإِذَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْهِمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا بِهِ إِنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا مِن قَبْلِهِ مُسْلِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَإِذَا
wa-idha
And when
يُتْلَى
yut'la
it is recited
عَلَيْهِمْ
alayhim
to them
قَالُوا
qalu
they say
آمَنَّا
amanna
We believe
بِهِ
bihi
in it
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed, it
الْحَقُّ
al-haqu
(is) the truth
مِن
min
from
رَّبِّنَا
rabbina
our Lord
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed, we
كُنَّا
kunna
[we] were
مِن
min
before it
قَبْلِهِ
qablihi
before it
مُسْلِمِينَ
mus'limina
Muslims

Transliteration

Wa izaa yutlaa 'alaihim qaaloo aamannaa biheee innahul haqqu mir rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa min qablihee muslimeen

Translation

And when it is recited to them, they say, "We have believed in it; indeed, it is the truth from our Lord. Indeed we were, [even] before it, Muslims [submitting to Allah]."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

When it is recited to them they say: “We believe it is the truth in which there is no doubt and which is revealed from our Lord. We were Muslims before this Qur’ān was revealed, due to our faith in what the Messengers before him brought”.

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

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