Quran 16:33 — An-Nahl, verse 33
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Are the disbelievers waiting for the angels to come to them, or your Lord’s Judgement? Those who went before them did the same. God did not wrong them; they wronged themselves.
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ فَعَلَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ ۚ وَمَا ظَلَمَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنْ كَانُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ
hal yanẓurūna illā an tatiyahumu l-malāikatu aw yatiya amru rabbika kadhālika faʿala alladhīna min qablihim wamā ẓalamahumu l-lahu walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do they look for aught but that the angels shall come to them, or thy Lord's command shall come? So did those before them, and God wronged them not, but themselves they wronged.
- Muhammad Asad
- ARE THEY [who deny the truth] but waiting for the angels to appear unto them, or for God's judgment to become manifest? Even thus did behave those [stubborn sinners] who lived before their time; and [when they were destroyed,] it was not God who wronged them, but it was they who had wronged themselves:
- Sahih International
- Do they [i.e., the disbelievers] await except that the angels should come to them or there comes the command of your Lord? Thus did those do before them. And Allāh wronged them not, but they had been wronging themselves.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْhal | Do | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they wait | نظر |
| 3 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu | (should) come to them | أتي |
| 6 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | (should) come | أتي |
| 9 | أَمْرُamru | (the) Command | أمر |
| 10 | رَبِّكَ ۚrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 11 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 12 | فَعَلَfaʿala | did | فعل |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 14 | مِنmin | (were) before them | — |
| 15 | قَبْلِهِمْ ۚqablihim | (were) before them | قبل |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 17 | ظَلَمَهُمُẓalamahumu | wronged them | ظلم |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 19 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 20 | كَانُوٓا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 21 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 22 | يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūna | wronging | ظلم |