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Al-Hijr (The Rocky Tract)

Verse 53of 99

قَالُوا۟ لَا تَوْجَلْ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ عَلِيمٍۢ﴿٥٣

Translation (Sahih International)

[The angels] said, "Fear not. Indeed, we give you good tidings of a learned boy."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
لَا(Do) not
تَوْجَلْtawjalbe afraid
إِنَّاinnāindeed, we
نُبَشِّرُكَnubashiruka[we] bring glad tidings to you
بِغُلَـٰمٍbighulāminof a boy
عَلِيمٍۢʿalīminlearned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Guests of Ibrahim and their Good News of a Son for HimAllah is saying: `Tell them, O Muhammad, about the story ofضَيْفِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ(the guests of Ibrahim.)'دَخَلُواْ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُواْ سَلامًا قَالَ إِنَّا مِنْكُمْ وَجِلُونَ(they entered upon him, and said: "Salaman (peace!)." He said: "Indeed we are frightened of you.") meaning that they were scared.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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