Quran 17:59 — Al-Israa, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Nothing prevents Us from sending miraculous signs, except the fact that previous peoples denied them. We gave the people of Thamud the she-camel as a clear sign, yet they maltreated it. We send signs only to give warning.
وَمَا مَنَعَنَا أَنْ نُرْسِلَ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا أَنْ كَذَّبَ بِهَا الْأَوَّلُونَ ۚ وَآتَيْنَا ثَمُودَ النَّاقَةَ مُبْصِرَةً فَظَلَمُوا بِهَا ۚ وَمَا نُرْسِلُ بِالْآيَاتِ إِلَّا تَخْوِيفًا
wamā manaʿanā an nur'sila bil-āyāti illā an kadhaba bihā l-awalūna waātaynā thamūda l-nāqata mub'ṣiratan faẓalamū bihā wamā nur'silu bil-āyāti illā takhwīfan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Naught prevented Us from sending the signs but that the ancients cried lies to them; and We brought Thamood the She-camel visible, but they did her wrong. And We do not send the signs, except to frighten.
- Muhammad Asad
- And nothing has prevented Us from sending [this message, like the earlier ones,] with miraculous signs [in its wake], save [Our knowledge] that the people of olden times [only too often] gave the lie to them: thus, We provided for [the tribe of] Thamud the she-camel as a light-giving portent, and they sinned against it. And never did We send those signs for any other purpose than to convey a warning.
- Sahih International
- And nothing has prevented Us from sending signs [i.e., miracles] except that the former peoples denied them. And We gave Thamūd the she-camel as a visible sign, but they wronged her. And We send not the signs except as a warning.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | مَنَعَنَآmanaʿanā | stopped Us | منع |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | نُّرْسِلَnur'sila | We send | رسل |
| 5 | بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyāti | the Signs | أيي |
| 6 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denied | كذب |
| 9 | بِهَاbihā | them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ ۚl-awalūna | the former (people) | أول |
| 11 | وَءَاتَيْنَاwaātaynā | And We gave | أتي |
| 12 | ثَمُودَthamūda | Thamud | — |
| 13 | ٱلنَّاقَةَl-nāqata | the she-camel | نوق |
| 14 | مُبْصِرَةًۭmub'ṣiratan | (as) a visible sign | بصر |
| 15 | فَظَلَمُوا۟faẓalamū | but they wronged | ظلم |
| 16 | بِهَا ۚbihā | her | — |
| 17 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 18 | نُرْسِلُnur'silu | We send | رسل |
| 19 | بِٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِbil-āyāti | the Signs | أيي |
| 20 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 21 | تَخْوِيفًۭاtakhwīfan | (as) a warning | خوف |