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Quran 21:27

Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Verse 27

Juz 17 · Page 324 · Ruku 279 · Meccan

لَا يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ بِٱلْقَوْلِ وَهُم بِأَمْرِهِۦ يَعْمَلُونَ

Word by word

لَا lā Not يَسْبِقُونَهُۥ yasbiqūnahu they (can) precede Him بِٱلْقَوْلِ bil-qawli in word وَهُم wahum and they بِأَمْرِهِۦ bi-amrihi by His command يَعْمَلُونَ yaʿmalūna act

Transliteration

La yasbiqoonahu bilqawliwahum bi-amrihi yaAAmaloon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They speak not until He hath spoken, and they act by His command.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They speak not before He speaks, and they act (in all things) by His Command.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

( لا يسبقونه بالقول وهم بأمره يعملون ) أي : لا يتقدمون بين يديه بأمر ، ولا يخالفونه فيما أمر به بل يبادرون إلى فعله ،وهو تعالى علمه محيط بهم ، فلا يخفى عليه منهم خافية

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.