Quran 14:10 — Ibrahim, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Their messengers answered, ‘Can there be any doubt about God, the Creator of the heavens and earth? He calls you to Him in order to forgive you your sins and let you enjoy your life until the appointed hour.’ But they said, ‘You are only men like us. You want to turn us away from what our forefathers used to worship. Bring us clear proof then, [if you can].’
قَالَتْ رُسُلُهُمْ أَفِي اللَّهِ شَكٌّ فَاطِرِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ يَدْعُوكُمْ لِيَغْفِرَ لَكُمْ مِنْ ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ قَالُوا إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِثْلُنَا تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَصُدُّونَا عَمَّا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ آبَاؤُنَا فَأْتُونَا بِسُلْطَانٍ مُبِينٍ
qālat rusuluhum afī l-lahi shakkun fāṭiri l-samāwāti wal-arḍi yadʿūkum liyaghfira lakum min dhunūbikum wayu-akhirakum ilā ajalin musamman qālū in antum illā basharun mith'lunā turīdūna an taṣuddūnā ʿammā kāna yaʿbudu ābāunā fatūnā bisul'ṭānin mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Their Messengers said, 'Is there any doubt regarding God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, who calls you so that He may forgive you your sins, and defer you to a term stated?' They said, 'You are nothing but mortals, like us; you desire to bar us from that our fathers served; then bring us a manifest authority.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said the apostles sent unto them: "Can there be any doubt about [the existence and oneness of] God, the Originator of the heavens and the earth? It is He who calls unto you, so that He may forgive you [whatever is past] of your sins and grant you respite until a term [set by Him is fulfilled]." [But] they replied: "You are nothing but mortal men like ourselves! You want to turn us away from what our forefathers were wont to worship: well, then, bring us a clear proof [of your being God's message-bearers]!"
- Sahih International
- Their messengers said, "Can there be doubt about Allāh, Creator of the heavens and earth? He invites you that He may forgive you of your sins, and He delays you [i.e., your death] for a specified term." They said, "You are not but men like us who wish to avert us from what our fathers were worshipping. So bring us a clear authority [i.e., evidence]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ قَالَتْqālat | Said | قول |
| 2 | رُسُلُهُمْrusuluhum | their Messengers | رسل |
| 3 | أَفِىafī | Can (there) be about | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 5 | شَكٌّۭshakkun | any doubt | شكك |
| 6 | فَاطِرِfāṭiri | (the) Creator | فطر |
| 7 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 8 | وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 9 | يَدْعُوكُمْyadʿūkum | He invites you | دعو |
| 10 | لِيَغْفِرَliyaghfira | so that He may forgive | غفر |
| 11 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | مِّنmin | [of] | — |
| 13 | ذُنُوبِكُمْdhunūbikum | your sins | ذنب |
| 14 | وَيُؤَخِّرَكُمْwayu-akhirakum | and give you respite | أخر |
| 15 | إِلَىٰٓilā | for | — |
| 16 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | a term | أجل |
| 17 | مُّسَمًّۭى ۚmusamman | appointed | سمو |
| 18 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 19 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 20 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 21 | إِلَّاillā | (are) but | — |
| 22 | بَشَرٌۭbasharun | a human | بشر |
| 23 | مِّثْلُنَاmith'lunā | like us | مثل |
| 24 | تُرِيدُونَturīdūna | you wish | رود |
| 25 | أَنan | to | — |
| 26 | تَصُدُّونَاtaṣuddūnā | hinder us | صدد |
| 27 | عَمَّاʿammā | from what | — |
| 28 | كَانَkāna | used to | كون |
| 29 | يَعْبُدُyaʿbudu | worship | عبد |
| 30 | ءَابَآؤُنَاābāunā | our forefathers | أبو |
| 31 | فَأْتُونَاfatūnā | So bring us | أتي |
| 32 | بِسُلْطَـٰنٍۢbisul'ṭānin | an authority | سلط |
| 33 | مُّبِينٍۢmubīnin | clear | بين |