Quran 15:14 — Al-Hijr, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and even if We opened a gateway into Heaven for them and they rose through it, higher and higher,
وَلَوْ فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ بَابًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَظَلُّوا فِيهِ يَعْرُجُونَ
walaw fataḥnā ʿalayhim bāban mina l-samāi faẓallū fīhi yaʿrujūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Though We opened to them a gate in heaven, and still they mounted through it,
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet even had We opened to them a gateway to heaven and they had ascended, on and on, up to it,
- Sahih International
- And [even] if We opened to them a gate from the heaven and they continued therein to ascend,
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And (even) if | — |
| 2 | فَتَحْنَاfataḥnā | We opened | فتح |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 4 | بَابًۭاbāban | a gate | بوب |
| 5 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 6 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the heaven | سمو |
| 7 | فَظَلُّوا۟faẓallū | and they were to continue | ظلل |
| 8 | فِيهِfīhi | therein | — |
| 9 | يَعْرُجُونَyaʿrujūna | (to) ascend | عرج |