Quran 20:135 — Taa-Haa, verse 135
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], say, ‘We are all waiting, so you carry on waiting: you will come to learn who has followed the even path, and been rightly guided.’
قُلْ كُلٌّ مُتَرَبِّصٌ فَتَرَبَّصُوا ۖ فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَصْحَابُ الصِّرَاطِ السَّوِيِّ وَمَنِ اهْتَدَىٰ
qul kullun mutarabbiṣun fatarabbaṣū fasataʿlamūna man aṣḥābu l-ṣirāṭi l-sawiyi wamani ih'tadā
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Everyone is waiting; so wait, and assuredly you shall know who are the travellers on the even path, and who is guided.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Everyone is hopefully waiting [for what the future may bring]: wait, then, [for the Day of Judgment] for then you will come to know as to who has followed the even path, and who has found guidance!"
- Sahih International
- Say, "Each [of us] is waiting; so wait. For you will know who are the companions of the sound path and who is guided."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | كُلٌّۭkullun | Each | كلل |
| 3 | مُّتَرَبِّصٌۭmutarabbiṣun | (is) waiting | ربص |
| 4 | فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ ۖfatarabbaṣū | so await | ربص |
| 5 | فَسَتَعْلَمُونَfasataʿlamūna | Then you will know | علم |
| 6 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 7 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (are the) companions | صحب |
| 8 | ٱلصِّرَٰطِl-ṣirāṭi | (of) the way | صرط |
| 9 | ٱلسَّوِىِّl-sawiyi | [the] even | سوي |
| 10 | وَمَنِwamani | and who | — |
| 11 | ٱهْتَدَىٰih'tadā | is guided | هدي |