Quran 16:89 — An-Nahl, verse 89
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The day will come when We raise up in each community a witness against them, and We shall bring you [Prophet] as a witness against these people, for We have sent the Scripture down to you explaining everything, and as guidance and mercy and good news to those who devote themselves to God.
وَيَوْمَ نَبْعَثُ فِي كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ ۖ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ شَهِيدًا عَلَىٰ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ ۚ وَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ تِبْيَانًا لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ
wayawma nabʿathu fī kulli ummatin shahīdan ʿalayhim min anfusihim waji'nā bika shahīdan ʿalā hāulāi wanazzalnā ʿalayka l-kitāba tib'yānan likulli shayin wahudan waraḥmatan wabush'rā lil'mus'limīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And the day We shall raise up from every nation a witness against them from amongst them, and We shall bring thee as a witness against those. And We have sent down on thee the Book making clear everything, and as a guidance and a mercy, and as good tidings to those who surrender.
- Muhammad Asad
- for one Day We shall raise up within every community a witness against them from among themselves. And thee [too, O Prophet,] have We brought forth to bear witness regarding those [whom thy message may have reached], inasmuch as We have bestowed from on high upon thee, step by step, this divine writ, to make everything clear, and to provide guidance and grace and a glad tiding unto all who have surrendered themselves to God.
- Sahih International
- And [mention] the Day when We will resurrect among every nation a witness over them from themselves [i.e., their prophet]. And We will bring you, [O Muḥammad], as a witness over these [i.e., your nation]. And We have sent down to you the Book as clarification for all things and as guidance and mercy and good tidings for the Muslims.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | And the Day | يوم |
| 2 | نَبْعَثُnabʿathu | We will resurrect | بعث |
| 3 | فِىfī | among | — |
| 4 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 5 | أُمَّةٍۢummatin | nation | أمم |
| 6 | شَهِيدًاshahīdan | a witness | شهد |
| 7 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 8 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 9 | أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihim | themselves | نفس |
| 10 | وَجِئْنَاwaji'nā | And We (will) bring | جيأ |
| 11 | بِكَbika | you | — |
| 12 | شَهِيدًاshahīdan | (as) a witness | شهد |
| 13 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 14 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚhāulāi | these | — |
| 15 | وَنَزَّلْنَاwanazzalnā | And We sent down | نزل |
| 16 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 17 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 18 | تِبْيَـٰنًۭاtib'yānan | (as) a clarification | بين |
| 19 | لِّكُلِّlikulli | of every | كلل |
| 20 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 21 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and a guidance | هدي |
| 22 | وَرَحْمَةًۭwaraḥmatan | and mercy | رحم |
| 23 | وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rā | and glad tidings | بشر |
| 24 | لِلْمُسْلِمِينَlil'mus'limīna | for the Muslims | سلم |