Quran 16:59 — An-Nahl, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In his shame he hides himself away from his people because of the bad news he has been given. Should he keep her and suffer contempt or bury her in the dust? How ill they judge!
يَتَوَارَىٰ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ مِنْ سُوءِ مَا بُشِّرَ بِهِ ۚ أَيُمْسِكُهُ عَلَىٰ هُونٍ أَمْ يَدُسُّهُ فِي التُّرَابِ ۗ أَلَا سَاءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ
yatawārā mina l-qawmi min sūi mā bushira bihi ayum'sikuhu ʿalā hūnin am yadussuhu fī l-turābi alā sāa mā yaḥkumūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- as he hides him from the people because of the evil of the good tidings that have been given unto him, whether he shall preserve it in humiliation, or trample it; into the dust. Ah, evil is that they judge!
- Muhammad Asad
- avoiding all people because of the [alleged] evil of the glad tiding which he has received, [and debating within himself:] Shall he keep this [child] despite the contempt [which he feels for it]-or shall he bury it in the dust? Old, evil indeed is whatever they decide!
- Sahih International
- He hides himself from the people because of the ill of which he has been informed. Should he keep it in humiliation or bury it in the ground? Unquestionably, evil is what they decide.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَتَوَٰرَىٰyatawārā | He hides himself | وري |
| 2 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 3 | ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi | the people | قوم |
| 4 | مِنmin | (because) of | — |
| 5 | سُوٓءِsūi | the evil | سوأ |
| 6 | مَاmā | of what | — |
| 7 | بُشِّرَbushira | he has been given good news | بشر |
| 8 | بِهِۦٓ ۚbihi | about | — |
| 9 | أَيُمْسِكُهُۥayum'sikuhu | Should he keep it | مسك |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | in | — |
| 11 | هُونٍhūnin | humiliation | هون |
| 12 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 13 | يَدُسُّهُۥyadussuhu | bury it | دسس |
| 14 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 15 | ٱلتُّرَابِ ۗl-turābi | the dust | ترب |
| 16 | أَلَاalā | Unquestionably | — |
| 17 | سَآءَsāa | evil | سوأ |
| 18 | مَاmā | (is) what | — |
| 19 | يَحْكُمُونَyaḥkumūna | they decide | حكم |