Quran 20:133 — Taa-Haa, verse 133
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The disbelievers say, ‘Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?’ Have they not been given clear proof confirming what was in the earlier scriptures?
وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا يَأْتِينَا بِآيَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّهِ ۚ أَوَلَمْ تَأْتِهِمْ بَيِّنَةُ مَا فِي الصُّحُفِ الْأُولَىٰ
waqālū lawlā yatīnā biāyatin min rabbihi awalam tatihim bayyinatu mā fī l-ṣuḥufi l-ūlā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?' Has there not come to them the clear sign of what is in the former scrolls?
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW THEY [who are blind to the truth] are wont to say, "If [Muhammad] would but produce for us a miracle from his Sustainer! [But] has there not come unto them a clear evidence [of the truth of this divine writ] in what is [to be found] in the earlier scriptures?
- Sahih International
- And they say, "Why does he not bring us a sign from his Lord?" Has there not come to them evidence of what was in the former scriptures?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | لَوْلَاlawlā | Why not | — |
| 3 | يَأْتِينَاyatīnā | he brings us | أتي |
| 4 | بِـَٔايَةٍۢbiāyatin | a sign | أيي |
| 5 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 6 | رَّبِّهِۦٓ ۚrabbihi | his Lord | ربب |
| 7 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Has not | — |
| 8 | تَأْتِهِمtatihim | come to them | أتي |
| 9 | بَيِّنَةُbayyinatu | evidence | بين |
| 10 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 11 | فِىfī | (was) in | — |
| 12 | ٱلصُّحُفِl-ṣuḥufi | the Scriptures | صحف |
| 13 | ٱلْأُولَىٰl-ūlā | the former | أول |