Quran 20:104 — Taa-Haa, verse 104
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We know best what they say- but the more perceptive of them will say, ‘Your stay [on earth] was only a single day.’
نَحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَقُولُونَ إِذْ يَقُولُ أَمْثَلُهُمْ طَرِيقَةً إِنْ لَبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا يَوْمًا
naḥnu aʿlamu bimā yaqūlūna idh yaqūlu amthaluhum ṭarīqatan in labith'tum illā yawman
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We know very well what they will say, when the justest of them in the way will say, 'You have tarried only a day.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] We know best what they will be saying when the most perceptive of them shall say, "You have spent [there] but one day!"
- Sahih International
- We are most knowing of what they say when the best of them in manner [i.e., wisdom or speech] will say, "You remained not but one day."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نَّحْنُnaḥnu | We | — |
| 2 | أَعْلَمُaʿlamu | know best | علم |
| 3 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 4 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | they will say | قول |
| 5 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 6 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | will say | قول |
| 7 | أَمْثَلُهُمْamthaluhum | (the) best of them | مثل |
| 8 | طَرِيقَةًṭarīqatan | (in) conduct | طرق |
| 9 | إِنin | Not | — |
| 10 | لَّبِثْتُمْlabith'tum | you remained | لبث |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except (for) | — |
| 12 | يَوْمًۭاyawman | a day | يوم |