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Weeping (البكاء)

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12:16 - Yusuf

Verse 16

وَجَآءُوٓ أَبَاهُمۡ عِشَآءٗ يَبۡكُونَ ١٦
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then they returned to their father in the evening, weeping.
44:29 - Ad-Dukhan

Verse 29

فَمَا بَكَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلۡأَرۡضُ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُنظَرِينَ ٢٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Neither heaven nor earth wept over them, nor was their fate delayed.
53:43 - An-Najm

Verse 43

وَأَنَّهُۥ هُوَ أَضۡحَكَ وَأَبۡكَىٰ ٤٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Moreover, He is the One Who brings about joy and sadness.1
19:58 - Maryam

Verse 58

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنۡعَمَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيۡهِم مِّنَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ مِن ذُرِّيَّةِ ءَادَمَ وَمِمَّنۡ حَمَلۡنَا مَعَ نُوحٖ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّةِ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ وَمِمَّنۡ هَدَيۡنَا وَٱجۡتَبَيۡنَآۚ إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ ءَايَٰتُ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ خَرُّواْۤ سُجَّدٗاۤ وَبُكِيّٗا ۩ ٥٨
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Those were ˹some of˺ the prophets who Allah has blessed from among the descendants of Adam, and of those We carried with Noah ˹in the Ark˺, and of the descendants of Abraham and Israel,1 and of those We guided and chose. Whenever the revelations of the Most Compassionate were recited to them, they fell down, prostrating and weeping.
9:82 - At-Tawbah

Verse 82

فَلۡيَضۡحَكُواْ قَلِيلٗا وَلۡيَبۡكُواْ كَثِيرٗا جَزَآءَۢ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَكۡسِبُونَ ٨٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
So let them laugh a little—they will weep much as a reward for what they have committed.
17:109 - Al-Isra

Verse 109

وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِ يَبۡكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمۡ خُشُوعٗا ۩ ١٠٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And they fall down upon their faces weeping, and it increases them in humility.”

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