النمل
An-Naml
Surah 27
Verse 50
النمل
The Ant • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
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English - Topics
27:50
قَالُوا۟ تَقَاسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ لَنُبَيِّتَنَّهُۥ وَأَهْلَهُۥ ثُمَّ لَنَقُولَنَّ لِوَلِيِّهِۦ مَا شَهِدْنَا مَهْلِكَ أَهْلِهِۦ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
They said, “Swear to each other by Allah that we will surely attack him and his family by night, and then we will say to his heir, ‘We witnessed not the destruction of his family, and most surely we are truthful.’”
English - Five Volume Translation
They said, “Swear one to another by Allah that we will surely attack him and his family by night, and then we will say to his heir, ‘We witnessed not the destruction of his family, and most surely we are truthful.’”[2849]
Important Words:
لنبیتنه (We will surely attack him by night) is derived from بات. They say بات فی المکان i.e. he passed the night in the place.بیت الامر (bayyata) means, he performed the thing at night. بیت العدو means, he came upon the enemy suddenly, took him by surprise, attacked him by night or at night (Lane & Aqrab).
English - Short Commentary Translation
They said, “Swear one to another by Allah that we will surely attack him and his family by night, and then we will say to his heir,[2178A] ‘We witnessed not the destruction of his family, and most surely we are truthful.”
Waliyy means, an heir; one who demands retribution for murder; an avenger of blood (Lane).