Quran 19:75 — Maryam, verse 75
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Prophet], ‘The Lord of Mercy lengthens [the lives] of the misguided, until, when they are confronted with what they have been warned about- either the punishment [in this life] or the Hour [of Judgement]- they realize who is worse situated and who has the weakest forces.’
قُلْ مَنْ كَانَ فِي الضَّلَالَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ لَهُ الرَّحْمَـٰنُ مَدًّا ۚ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا رَأَوْا مَا يُوعَدُونَ إِمَّا الْعَذَابَ وَإِمَّا السَّاعَةَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هُوَ شَرٌّ مَكَانًا وَأَضْعَفُ جُنْدًا
qul man kāna fī l-ḍalālati falyamdud lahu l-raḥmānu maddan ḥattā idhā ra-aw mā yūʿadūna immā l-ʿadhāba wa-immā l-sāʿata fasayaʿlamūna man huwa sharrun makānan wa-aḍʿafu jundan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Whosoever is in error, let the All-merciful prolong his term for him! Till, when they see that they were threatened, whether the chastisement, or the Hour, then they shall surely know who is worse in place, and who is weaker in hosts.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "As for him who lives in error, may the Most Gracious lengthen the span of his life! [And let them say whatever they say until the time when they behold that [doom] of which they were forewarned-whether it be suffering [in this world] or [at the coming of] the Last Hour -: for then they will understand which [of the two kinds of man] was worse in station and weaker in resources!
- Sahih International
- Say, "Whoever is in error - let the Most Merciful extend for him an extension [in wealth and time] until, when they see that which they were promised - either punishment [in this world] or the Hour [of resurrection] - they will come to know who is worst in position and weaker in soldiers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | مَنman | Whoever | — |
| 3 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 4 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 5 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةِl-ḍalālati | [the] error | ضلل |
| 6 | فَلْيَمْدُدْfalyamdud | then surely will extend | مدد |
| 7 | لَهُlahu | for him | — |
| 8 | ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنُl-raḥmānu | the Most Gracious | رحم |
| 9 | مَدًّا ۚmaddan | an extension | مدد |
| 10 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 11 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 12 | رَأَوْا۟ra-aw | they see | رأي |
| 13 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 14 | يُوعَدُونَyūʿadūna | they were promised | وعد |
| 15 | إِمَّاimmā | either | — |
| 16 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 17 | وَإِمَّاwa-immā | or | — |
| 18 | ٱلسَّاعَةَl-sāʿata | the Hour | سوع |
| 19 | فَسَيَعْلَمُونَfasayaʿlamūna | then they will know | علم |
| 20 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 21 | هُوَhuwa | [he] | — |
| 22 | شَرٌّۭsharrun | (is) worst | شرر |
| 23 | مَّكَانًۭاmakānan | (in) position | كون |
| 24 | وَأَضْعَفُwa-aḍʿafu | and weaker | ضعف |
| 25 | جُندًۭاjundan | (in) forces | جند |