Quran 21:10 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And now We have sent down to you [people] a Scripture to remind you. Will you not use your reason?
لَقَدْ أَنْزَلْنَا إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
laqad anzalnā ilaykum kitāban fīhi dhik'rukum afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Now We have sent down to you a Book wherein is your Remembrance; will you not understand?
- Muhammad Asad
- [O MEN!] We have now bestowed upon you from on high a divine writ containing all that you ought to bear in mind will you not, then, use your reason?
- Sahih International
- We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention. Then will you not reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Indeed | — |
| 2 | أَنزَلْنَآanzalnā | We (have) sent down | نزل |
| 3 | إِلَيْكُمْilaykum | to you | — |
| 4 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a Book | كتب |
| 5 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 6 | ذِكْرُكُمْ ۖdhik'rukum | (is) your mention | ذكر |
| 7 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 8 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | you use reason | عقل |