Quran 21:13 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘Do not try to escape. Go back to your homes and the pleasure you revelled in: you may be questioned.’
لَا تَرْكُضُوا وَارْجِعُوا إِلَىٰ مَا أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ وَمَسَاكِنِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُسْأَلُونَ
lā tarkuḍū wa-ir'jiʿū ilā mā ut'rif'tum fīhi wamasākinikum laʿallakum tus'alūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'Run not! Return you unto the luxury that you exulted in, and your dwelling-places; haply you shall be questioned.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [and at the same time they seemed to hear a scornful voice]: “Do not try to flee, but return to all that [once] gave you pleasure and corrupted your whole being. and [return] to your homes, so that you might be called to account [for what you have done]!”
- Sahih International
- [Some angels said], "Do not flee but return to where you were given luxury and to your homes - perhaps you will be questioned."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَاlā | Flee not | — |
| 2 | تَرْكُضُوا۟tarkuḍū | Flee not | ركض |
| 3 | وَٱرْجِعُوٓا۟wa-ir'jiʿū | but return | رجع |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 6 | أُتْرِفْتُمْut'rif'tum | you were given luxury | ترف |
| 7 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 8 | وَمَسَـٰكِنِكُمْwamasākinikum | and to your homes | سكن |
| 9 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 10 | تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūna | be questioned | سأل |