Quran 19:84 — Maryam, verse 84
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is no need for you to be impatient concerning them: We are counting down their [allotted] time.
فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّمَا نَعُدُّ لَهُمْ عَدًّا
falā taʿjal ʿalayhim innamā naʿuddu lahum ʿaddan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So hasten thou not against them; We are only numbering for them a number.
- Muhammad Asad
- Hence, be not in haste [to call down God's punishment] upon them: for We but number the number of their days.
- Sahih International
- So be not impatient over them. We only count out [i.e., allow] to them a [limited] number.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَعْجَلْtaʿjal | make haste | عجل |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhim | against them | — |
| 4 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 5 | نَعُدُّnaʿuddu | We count | عدد |
| 6 | لَهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 7 | عَدًّۭاʿaddan | a number | عدد |