Surah Al-Hijr — Verse 76

The Rocky Tract · 15:76 · 76/99

وَإِنَّهَا لَبِسَبِيلٍ مُّقِيمٍ

Wa-innaha labisabeelin muqeem

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

it is still there on the highway-

And lo! it is upon a road still uneffaced.

And the (cities were) right on the high-road.

Surely, it (their city) is located on the straight road.

And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now).

The place (where this occurred) lies along a known route.

for, behold, those [towns] stood by a road that still exists.

And their place is located by a known route[37].

Notes

[37] i.e., on the highway to the Levant, where the Dead Sea is now.

(76) And indeed, they [i.e., those cities] are [situated] on an established road.

76. And verily! They (the cities) were right on the highroad (from Makkah to Syria i.e. the place where the Dead Sea is now)[5].

Notes

[5] (V.15:76) Please see the Book of History by Ibn Kathir (كتاب التاريخ لابن كثير).