Quran 21:63 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 63
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘No, it was done by the biggest of them- this one. Ask them, if they can talk.’
قَالَ بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَـٰذَا فَاسْأَلُوهُمْ إِنْ كَانُوا يَنْطِقُونَ
qāla bal faʿalahu kabīruhum hādhā fasalūhum in kānū yanṭiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'No; it was this great one of them that did it. Question them; if they are able to speak!'
- Muhammad Asad
- He answered: “Nay, it was this one, the biggest of them, that did it: but ask them [yourselves] - provided they can speak!”
- Sahih International
- He said, "Rather, this - the largest of them - did it, so ask them, if they should [be able to] speak."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 3 | فَعَلَهُۥfaʿalahu | (some doer) did it | فعل |
| 4 | كَبِيرُهُمْkabīruhum | Their chief | كبر |
| 5 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | (is) this | — |
| 6 | فَسْـَٔلُوهُمْfasalūhum | So ask them | سأل |
| 7 | إِنin | if | — |
| 8 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they (can) | كون |
| 9 | يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna | speak | نطق |