Quran 17:95 — Al-Israa, verse 95
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘If there were angels walking about on earth, feeling at home, We would have sent them an angel from Heaven as a messenger.’
قُلْ لَوْ كَانَ فِي الْأَرْضِ مَلَائِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَلَكًا رَسُولًا
qul law kāna fī l-arḍi malāikatun yamshūna muṭ'ma-innīna lanazzalnā ʿalayhim mina l-samāi malakan rasūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Had there been in the earth angels walking. at peace, We would have sent down upon them out of heaven an angel as Messenger.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "If angels were walking about on earth as their natural abode, We would indeed have sent down unto them an angel out of heaven as Our apostle."
- Sahih International
- Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | لَّوْlaw | If | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | (there) were | كون |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 6 | مَلَـٰٓئِكَةٌۭmalāikatun | Angels | ملك |
| 7 | يَمْشُونَyamshūna | walking | مشي |
| 8 | مُطْمَئِنِّينَmuṭ'ma-innīna | securely | طمن |
| 9 | لَنَزَّلْنَاlanazzalnā | surely We (would) have sent down | نزل |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 11 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 12 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the heaven | سمو |
| 13 | مَلَكًۭاmalakan | an Angel | ملك |
| 14 | رَّسُولًۭاrasūlan | (as) a Messenger | رسل |