Narrative actions and movements

The verses

Closest to the group’s centre first.

• An-Naazi'aat 79:22✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

  Then he turned his back, striving.

• As-Saaffaat 37:90✦ skyread

  فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

  So they turned away from him, departing.

• Al-Kahf 18:85✦ skyread

  فَأَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

  So he followed a way

• Al-Qalam 68:23✦ skyread

  فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

  So they set out, while lowering their voices,

• As-Saaffaat 37:94✦ skyread

  فَأَقْبَلُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يَزِفُّونَ

  Then the people came toward him, hastening.

• Al-Kahf 18:89✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

  Then he followed a way

• Al-Kahf 18:92✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

  Then he followed a way

• Al-Muddaththir 74:21✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ نَظَرَ

  Then he considered [again];

• An-Najm 53:13✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ نَزْلَةً أُخْرَىٰ

  And he certainly saw him in another descent

• An-Najm 53:8✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّىٰ

  Then he approached and descended

• Al-Qasas 28:11✦ skyread

  وَقَالَتْ لِأُخْتِهِۦ قُصِّيهِ فَبَصُرَتْ بِهِۦ عَن جُنُبٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

  And she said to his sister, "Follow him"; so she watched him from a distance while they perceived not.

• Al-Qalam 68:21✦ skyread

  فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

  And they called one another at morning,

• Al-Qalam 68:30✦ skyread

  فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

  Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

• As-Saaffaat 37:103✦ skyread

  فَلَمَّآ أَسْلَمَا وَتَلَّهُۥ لِلْجَبِينِ

  And when they had both submitted and he put him down upon his forehead,

• Yusuf 12:16✦ skyread

  وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمْ عِشَآءً يَبْكُونَ

  And they came to their father at night, weeping.

• Abasa 80:6✦ skyread

  فَأَنتَ لَهُۥ تَصَدَّىٰ

  To him you give attention.

• An-Naazi'aat 79:9✦ skyread

  أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ

  Their eyes humbled.

• Al-Balad 90:11✦ skyread

  فَلَا ٱقْتَحَمَ ٱلْعَقَبَةَ

  But he has not broken through the difficult pass.

• Al-Lail 92:16✦ skyread

  ٱلَّذِى كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

  Who had denied and turned away.

• Al-Muddaththir 74:22✦ skyread

  ثُمَّ عَبَسَ وَبَسَرَ

  Then he frowned and scowled;

• Ash-Shu'araa 26:171✦ skyread

  إِلَّا عَجُوزًا فِى ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

  Except an old woman among those who remained behind.

• At-Takwir 81:23✦ skyread

  وَلَقَدْ رَءَاهُ بِٱلْأُفُقِ ٱلْمُبِينِ

  And he has already seen Gabriel in the clear horizon.

• Maryam 19:22✦ skyread

  فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

  So she conceived him, and she withdrew with him to a remote place.

• Abasa 80:1✦ skyread

  عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

  The Prophet frowned and turned away

• An-Naazi'aat 79:28✦ skyread

  رَفَعَ سَمْكَهَا فَسَوَّىٰهَا

  He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.

• Yaseen 36:29✦ skyread

  إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

  It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

• Al-Kahf 18:61✦ skyread

  فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا

  But when they reached the junction between them, they forgot their fish, and it took its course into the sea, slipping away.

• Adh-Dhaariyat 51:39✦ skyread

  فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

  But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

• Al-Muddaththir 74:50✦ skyread

  كَأَنَّهُمْ حُمُرٌ مُّسْتَنفِرَةٌ

  As if they were alarmed donkeys

• As-Saaffaat 37:140✦ skyread

  إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ

  [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

Where it falls

These verses across the book in reading order. Most of them sit in As-Saaffaat.

How it sounds

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