Quran 21:57 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
By God I shall certainly plot against your idols as soon as you have turned your backs!’
وَتَاللَّهِ لَأَكِيدَنَّ أَصْنَامَكُمْ بَعْدَ أَنْ تُوَلُّوا مُدْبِرِينَ
watal-lahi la-akīdanna aṣnāmakum baʿda an tuwallū mud'birīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And, by God, I shall assuredly outwit your idols, after you have gone away turning your backs.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [he added to himself.] “By God, I shall most certainly bring about the downfall of your idols as soon as you have turned your backs and gone away!”
- Sahih International
- And [I swear] by Allāh, I will surely plan against your idols after you have turned and gone away."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَتَٱللَّهِwatal-lahi | And by Allah | أله |
| 2 | لَأَكِيدَنَّla-akīdanna | surely, I will plan | كيد |
| 3 | أَصْنَـٰمَكُمaṣnāmakum | (against) your idols | صنم |
| 4 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 5 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 6 | تُوَلُّوا۟tuwallū | you go away | ولي |
| 7 | مُدْبِرِينَmud'birīna | turning (your) backs | دبر |