Quran 20:134 — Taa-Haa, verse 134
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If We had destroyed them through punishment before this Messenger came, they would have said, ‘Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we could have followed Your revelations before we suffered humiliation and disgrace!’
وَلَوْ أَنَّا أَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ لَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آيَاتِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ
walaw annā ahlaknāhum biʿadhābin min qablihi laqālū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika min qabli an nadhilla wanakhzā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Had We destroyed them with a chastisement aforetime, they would have said, 'Our Lord, why didst Thou not send us a Messenger, so that we might have followed Thy signs before that we were humiliated and degraded?'
- Muhammad Asad
- For [thus it is:] had We destroyed them by means of a chastisement ere this [divine writ was revealed], they would indeed [be justified to] say [on Judgment Day]: "O our Sustainer! If only Thou hadst sent an apostle unto us, we would have followed Thy messages rather than be humiliated and disgraced [in the hereafter]!"
- Sahih International
- And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses [i.e., teachings] before we were humiliated and disgraced?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّآannā | We | — |
| 3 | أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمahlaknāhum | (had) destroyed them | هلك |
| 4 | بِعَذَابٍۢbiʿadhābin | with a punishment | عذب |
| 5 | مِّنmin | before him | — |
| 6 | قَبْلِهِۦqablihi | before him | قبل |
| 7 | لَقَالُوا۟laqālū | surely they (would) have said | قول |
| 8 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 9 | لَوْلَآlawlā | why not | — |
| 10 | أَرْسَلْتَarsalta | You sent | رسل |
| 11 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to us | — |
| 12 | رَسُولًۭاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |
| 13 | فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿa | so we (could) have followed | تبع |
| 14 | ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātika | Your signs | أيي |
| 15 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 16 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 17 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 18 | نَّذِلَّnadhilla | we were humiliated | ذلل |
| 19 | وَنَخْزَىٰwanakhzā | and disgraced | خزي |