Quran 17:51 — Al-Israa, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or any other substance you think hard to bring to life.’ Then they will say, ‘Who will bring us back?’ Say, ‘The One who created you the first time.’ Then they will shake their heads at you and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may well be very soon:
أَوْ خَلْقًا مِمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِي صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَنْ يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ الَّذِي فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ فَسَيُنْغِضُونَ إِلَيْكَ رُءُوسَهُمْ وَيَقُولُونَ مَتَىٰ هُوَ ۖ قُلْ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَرِيبًا
aw khalqan mimmā yakburu fī ṣudūrikum fasayaqūlūna man yuʿīdunā quli alladhī faṭarakum awwala marratin fasayun'ghiḍūna ilayka ruūsahum wayaqūlūna matā huwa qul ʿasā an yakūna qarīban
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or some creation yet more monstrous in your minds!' Then they will say, 'Who will bring us back?' Say: 'He who originated you the first time.' Then they will shake their heads at thee, and they will say, 'When will it be?' Say: 'It is possible that it may be nigh,
- Muhammad Asad
- or any [other] substance which, to your minds, appears yet farther removed [from life]!" And [if] thereupon they ask, "Who is it that will' bring us back [to life]?"-say thou: "He who has brought you into being in the first instance." And [if] thereupon they shake their heads at thee [in disbelief] and ask, "When shall this be?"-say thou: "It may well be soon,
- Sahih International
- Or [any] creation of that which is great within your breasts." And they will say, "Who will restore us?" Say, "He who brought you forth the first time." Then they will nod their heads toward you and say, "When is that?" Say, "Perhaps it will be soon -
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | خَلْقًۭاkhalqan | a creation | خلق |
| 3 | مِّمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 4 | يَكْبُرُyakburu | (is) great | كبر |
| 5 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 6 | صُدُورِكُمْ ۚṣudūrikum | your breasts | صدر |
| 7 | فَسَيَقُولُونَfasayaqūlūna | Then they will say | قول |
| 8 | مَنman | Who | — |
| 9 | يُعِيدُنَا ۖyuʿīdunā | will restore us | عود |
| 10 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 11 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | He Who | — |
| 12 | فَطَرَكُمْfaṭarakum | created you | فطر |
| 13 | أَوَّلَawwala | (the) first | أول |
| 14 | مَرَّةٍۢ ۚmarratin | time | مرر |
| 15 | فَسَيُنْغِضُونَfasayun'ghiḍūna | Then they will shake | نغض |
| 16 | إِلَيْكَilayka | at you | — |
| 17 | رُءُوسَهُمْruūsahum | their heads | رأس |
| 18 | وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūna | and they say | قول |
| 19 | مَتَىٰmatā | When (will) | — |
| 20 | هُوَ ۖhuwa | it (be) | — |
| 21 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 22 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | Perhaps | عسي |
| 23 | أَنan | that | — |
| 24 | يَكُونَyakūna | (it) will be | كون |
| 25 | قَرِيبًۭاqarīban | soon | قرب |