Quran 13:38 — Ar-Ra'd, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent messengers before you and gave them wives and offspring; no messenger was given the power to produce a miracle except with God’s permission. There was a Scripture for every age:
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَاجًا وَذُرِّيَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ بِآيَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍ كِتَابٌ
walaqad arsalnā rusulan min qablika wajaʿalnā lahum azwājan wadhurriyyatan wamā kāna lirasūlin an yatiya biāyatin illā bi-idh'ni l-lahi likulli ajalin kitābun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We sent Messengers before thee, and We assigned to them wives, and seed; and it was not for any Messengers to bring a sign, but by God's leave. Every term has a Book.
- Muhammad Asad
- And, truly, We sent forth apostles before thee, and We appointed for them wives and offspring; and it was not given to any apostle to produce a miracle save at God's behest. Every age has had its revelation:
- Sahih International
- And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allāh. For every term is a decree.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And certainly | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | رُسُلًۭاrusulan | Messengers | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكَqablika | before you | قبل |
| 6 | وَجَعَلْنَاwajaʿalnā | and We made | جعل |
| 7 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 8 | أَزْوَٰجًۭاazwājan | wives | زوج |
| 9 | وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚwadhurriyyatan | and offspring | ذرر |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 11 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 12 | لِرَسُولٍlirasūlin | for a Messenger | رسل |
| 13 | أَنan | that | — |
| 14 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | he comes | أتي |
| 15 | بِـَٔايَةٍbiāyatin | with a sign | أيي |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 17 | بِإِذْنِbi-idh'ni | by the leave | أذن |
| 18 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 19 | لِكُلِّlikulli | For everything | كلل |
| 20 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | (is) a time | أجل |
| 21 | كِتَابٌۭkitābun | prescribed | كتب |