Quran 20:99 — Taa-Haa, verse 99
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
In this way We relate to you [Prophet] stories of what happened before. We have given you a Quran from Us.
كَذَٰلِكَ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ مَا قَدْ سَبَقَ ۚ وَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ مِنْ لَدُنَّا ذِكْرًا
kadhālika naquṣṣu ʿalayka min anbāi mā qad sabaqa waqad ātaynāka min ladunnā dhik'ran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So We relate to thee stories of what has gone before, and We have given thee a remembrance from Us.
- Muhammad Asad
- THUS DO WE relate unto thee some of the stories of what happened in the past; and [thus] have We vouchsafed unto thee, out of Our grace, a reminder.
- Sahih International
- Thus, [O Muḥammad], We relate to you from the news of what has preceded. And We have certainly given you from Us a message [i.e., the Qur’ān].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 2 | نَقُصُّnaquṣṣu | We relate | قصص |
| 3 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | to you | — |
| 4 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 5 | أَنۢبَآءِanbāi | (the) news | نبأ |
| 6 | مَاmā | (of) what | — |
| 7 | قَدْqad | has preceded | — |
| 8 | سَبَقَ ۚsabaqa | has preceded | سبق |
| 9 | وَقَدْwaqad | And certainly | — |
| 10 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰكَātaynāka | We have given you | أتي |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | لَّدُنَّاladunnā | Us | لدن |
| 13 | ذِكْرًۭاdhik'ran | a Reminder | ذكر |