Quran 21:109 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 109
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But if they turn away, say, ‘I have proclaimed the message fairly to you all. I do not know whether the judgement you are promised is near or far,
فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُلْ آذَنْتُكُمْ عَلَىٰ سَوَاءٍ ۖ وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَمْ بَعِيدٌ مَا تُوعَدُونَ
fa-in tawallaw faqul ādhantukum ʿalā sawāin wa-in adrī aqarībun am baʿīdun mā tūʿadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then, if they should turn their backs, say: 'I have proclaimed to you all equally, even though I know not whether near or far is that you are promised.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But if they turn away, say: “I have proclaimed this in equity unto all of you alike; but I do not know whether that [judgment] which you are promised [by God] is near or far [in time].
- Sahih International
- But if they turn away, then say, "I have announced to [all of] you equally. And I know not whether near or far is that which you are promised.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنfa-in | But if | — |
| 2 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | they turn away | ولي |
| 3 | فَقُلْfaqul | then say | قول |
| 4 | ءَاذَنتُكُمْādhantukum | I (have) announced to you | أذن |
| 5 | عَلَىٰʿalā | equally | — |
| 6 | سَوَآءٍۢ ۖsawāin | equally | سوي |
| 7 | وَإِنْwa-in | And not | — |
| 8 | أَدْرِىٓadrī | I know | دري |
| 9 | أَقَرِيبٌaqarībun | whether is near | قرب |
| 10 | أَمam | or | — |
| 11 | بَعِيدٌۭbaʿīdun | far | بعد |
| 12 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 13 | تُوعَدُونَtūʿadūna | you are promised | وعد |