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Al-Isra (The Night Journey) · Ayah 110

قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ أَوِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖ أَيًّا مَّا تَدْعُوا۟ فَلَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ وَلَا تَجْهَرْ بِصَلَاتِكَ وَلَا تُخَافِتْ بِهَا وَٱبْتَغِ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ سَبِيلًا 110

Say, "Call upon Allāh or call upon the Most Merciful [ar-Raḥmān]. Whichever [name] you call - to Him belong the best names." And do not recite [too] loudly in your prayer or [too] quietly but seek between that an [intermediate] way.

قُلِquliSay
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūInvoke
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
أَوِawior
ٱدْعُوا۟id'ʿūinvoke
ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنَ ۖl-raḥmānathe Most Gracious
أَيًّۭاayyanBy whatever (name)
مَّاBy whatever (name)
تَدْعُوا۟tadʿūyou invoke
فَلَهُfalahuto Him (belongs)
noun
ٱلْأَسْمَآءُl-asmāuthe Most Beautiful Names
ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚl-ḥus'nāthe Most Beautiful Names
حسنh-s-nadjective
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَجْهَرْtajharbe loud
بِصَلَاتِكَbiṣalātikain your prayers
وَلَاwalāand not
تُخَافِتْtukhāfitbe silent
بِهَاbihātherein
noun
وَٱبْتَغِwa-ib'taghibut seek
بَيْنَbaynabetween
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
noun
سَبِيلًۭاsabīlana way
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