Quran 10:16 — Yunus, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘If God had so willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you. I lived a whole lifetime among you before it came to me. How can you not use your reason?’
قُلْ لَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَا أَدْرَاكُمْ بِهِ ۖ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
qul law shāa l-lahu mā talawtuhu ʿalaykum walā adrākum bihi faqad labith'tu fīkum ʿumuran min qablihi afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Had God willed I would not have recited it to you, neither would He have taught you it; I abode among you a lifetime before it -- will you not understand?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Had God willed it [otherwise], I would not have conveyed this [divine writ] unto you, nor would He have brought it to your knowledge. Indeed. a whole lifetime have I dwelt among you ere this [revelation came unto me]: will you not, then, use your reason?”
- Sahih International
- Say, "If Allāh had willed, I would not have recited it to you, nor would He have made it known to you, for I had remained among you a lifetime before it. Then will you not reason?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّوْlaw | If | — |
| 3 | شَآءَshāa | (had) willed | شيأ |
| 4 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 5 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 6 | تَلَوْتُهُۥtalawtuhu | I (would) have recited it | تلو |
| 7 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 8 | وَلَآwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | أَدْرَىٰكُمadrākum | He (would) have made it known to you | دري |
| 10 | بِهِۦ ۖbihi | He (would) have made it known to you | — |
| 11 | فَقَدْfaqad | Verily | — |
| 12 | لَبِثْتُlabith'tu | I have stayed | لبث |
| 13 | فِيكُمْfīkum | among you | — |
| 14 | عُمُرًۭاʿumuran | a lifetime | عمر |
| 15 | مِّنmin | before it | — |
| 16 | قَبْلِهِۦٓ ۚqablihi | before it | قبل |
| 17 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 18 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | you use reason | عقل |