Quran 21:46 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet if a mere breath of your Lord’s punishment touches them, they will be sure to cry, ‘Woe to us! We were wrong!’
وَلَئِنْ مَسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
wala-in massathum nafḥatun min ʿadhābi rabbika layaqūlunna yāwaylanā innā kunnā ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- If but a breath of thy Lord's chastisement touched them, they would surely say, 'Alas for us! We were evildoers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, if but a breath of thy Sustainer’s chastisement touches them, they are sure to cry, “Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we were evildoers!”
- Sahih International
- And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَئِنwala-in | And if | — |
| 2 | مَّسَّتْهُمْmassathum | touches them | مسس |
| 3 | نَفْحَةٌۭnafḥatun | a whiff | نفح |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 5 | عَذَابِʿadhābi | (the) punishment | عذب |
| 6 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 7 | لَيَقُولُنَّlayaqūlunna | surely they will say | قول |
| 8 | يَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanā | O woe to us | — |
| 9 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 10 | كُنَّاkunnā | [we] were | كون |
| 11 | ظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīna | wrongdoers | ظلم |