Quran 17:94 — Al-Israa, verse 94
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The only thing that kept these people from believing, when guidance came to them, was that they said, ‘How could God have sent a human being as a messenger?’
وَمَا مَنَعَ النَّاسَ أَنْ يُؤْمِنُوا إِذْ جَاءَهُمُ الْهُدَىٰ إِلَّا أَنْ قَالُوا أَبَعَثَ اللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَسُولًا
wamā manaʿa l-nāsa an yu'minū idh jāahumu l-hudā illā an qālū abaʿatha l-lahu basharan rasūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And naught prevented men from believing when the guidance came to them, but that they said, 'Has God sent forth a mortal as Messenger?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Yet whenever [God's] guidance came to them [through a prophet,] nothing has ever kept people from believing [in him] save this their objection: "Would God have sent a [mere] mortal man as His apostle?"
- Sahih International
- And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allāh sent a human messenger?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And what | — |
| 2 | مَنَعَmanaʿa | prevented | منع |
| 3 | ٱلنَّاسَl-nāsa | the people | نوس |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟yu'minū | they believe | أمن |
| 6 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 7 | جَآءَهُمُjāahumu | came to them | جيأ |
| 8 | ٱلْهُدَىٰٓl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 9 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 10 | أَنan | that | — |
| 11 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 12 | أَبَعَثَabaʿatha | Has Allah sent | بعث |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Has Allah sent | أله |
| 14 | بَشَرًۭاbasharan | a human | بشر |
| 15 | رَّسُولًۭاrasūlan | Messenger | رسل |