Quran 21:65 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 65
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but then they lapsed again and said, ‘You know very well these gods cannot speak.’
ثُمَّ نُكِسُوا عَلَىٰ رُءُوسِهِمْ لَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مَا هَـٰؤُلَاءِ يَنْطِقُونَ
thumma nukisū ʿalā ruūsihim laqad ʿalim'ta mā hāulāi yanṭiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then they were utterly put to confusion saying, 'Very well indeed thou knowest these do not speak.'
- Muhammad Asad
- But then they relapsed into their former way of thinking and said: “Thou knowest very well that these [idols] cannot speak!”
- Sahih International
- Then they reversed themselves, [saying], "You have already known that these do not speak!"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | نُكِسُوا۟nukisū | they were turned | نكس |
| 3 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 4 | رُءُوسِهِمْruūsihim | their heads | رأس |
| 5 | لَقَدْlaqad | Verily | — |
| 6 | عَلِمْتَʿalim'ta | you know | علم |
| 7 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 8 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | these | — |
| 9 | يَنطِقُونَyanṭiqūna | (can) speak | نطق |