Quran 14:44 — Ibrahim, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So warn people of the Day when punishment will come to them, and when the disbelievers will say, ‘Our Lord, give us a little more time: we shall answer Your call and follow the messengers.’ Did you [disbelievers] not swear in the past that your power would have no end?
وَأَنْذِرِ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ الْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا رَبَّنَا أَخِّرْنَا إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ الرُّسُلَ ۗ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوا أَقْسَمْتُمْ مِنْ قَبْلُ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ زَوَالٍ
wa-andhiri l-nāsa yawma yatīhimu l-ʿadhābu fayaqūlu alladhīna ẓalamū rabbanā akhir'nā ilā ajalin qarībin nujib daʿwataka wanattabiʿi l-rusula awalam takūnū aqsamtum min qablu mā lakum min zawālin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And warn mankind of the day when the chastisement comes on them, And those who did evil shall say, 'Our Lord, defer us to a near term, and we will answer Thy call, and follow the Messengers.' 'Ah, but did you not swear aforetime there should be no removing for you?
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, warn men of the Day when this suffering may befall them, and when those who did wrong [in their lifetime] will exclaim: "O our Sustainer! Grant us respite for a short while, so that we might respond to Thy call and follow the apostles!" [But God will answer:] "Why - were you not aforetime wont to swear that no kind of resurrection and retribution awaited you?
- Sahih International
- And, [O Muḥammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَنذِرِwa-andhiri | And warn | نذر |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the mankind | نوس |
| 3 | يَوْمَyawma | (of) a Day | يوم |
| 4 | يَأْتِيهِمُyatīhimu | (when) will come to them | أتي |
| 5 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 6 | فَيَقُولُfayaqūlu | then will say | قول |
| 7 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 8 | ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamū | did wrong | ظلم |
| 9 | رَبَّنَآrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 10 | أَخِّرْنَآakhir'nā | Respite us | أخر |
| 11 | إِلَىٰٓilā | for | — |
| 12 | أَجَلٍۢajalin | a term | أجل |
| 13 | قَرِيبٍۢqarībin | short | قرب |
| 14 | نُّجِبْnujib | we will answer | جوب |
| 15 | دَعْوَتَكَdaʿwataka | Your call | دعو |
| 16 | وَنَتَّبِعِwanattabiʿi | and we will follow | تبع |
| 17 | ٱلرُّسُلَ ۗl-rusula | the Messengers | رسل |
| 18 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Had not | — |
| 19 | تَكُونُوٓا۟takūnū | you | كون |
| 20 | أَقْسَمْتُمaqsamtum | sworn | قسم |
| 21 | مِّنmin | before | — |
| 22 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 23 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 24 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 25 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 26 | زَوَالٍۢzawālin | end | زول |