Quran 21:111 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I do not know: this [time] may well be a test for you, and enjoyment for a while.’
وَإِنْ أَدْرِي لَعَلَّهُ فِتْنَةٌ لَكُمْ وَمَتَاعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ
wa-in adrī laʿallahu fit'natun lakum wamatāʿun ilā ḥīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- I know not; haply it is a trial for you and an enjoyment for a time.
- Muhammad Asad
- But [as for me,] I do not know whether, perchance, this [delay in God’s judgment] is but a trial for you, and a [merciful] respite for a while.”
- Sahih International
- And I know not; perhaps it is a trial for you and enjoyment for a time."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنْwa-in | And not | — |
| 2 | أَدْرِىadrī | I know | دري |
| 3 | لَعَلَّهُۥlaʿallahu | perhaps it may be | — |
| 4 | فِتْنَةٌۭfit'natun | a trial | فتن |
| 5 | لَّكُمْlakum | for you | — |
| 6 | وَمَتَـٰعٌwamatāʿun | and an enjoyment | متع |
| 7 | إِلَىٰilā | for | — |
| 8 | حِينٍۢḥīnin | a time | حين |