Quran 21:7 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 7
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And even before your time [Prophet], all the messengers We sent were only men We inspired–– if you [disbelievers] do not know, ask people who know the Scripture––
وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُوحِي إِلَيْهِمْ ۖ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
wamā arsalnā qablaka illā rijālan nūḥī ilayhim fasalū ahla l-dhik'ri in kuntum lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We sent none before thee, but men to whom We made revelation -- question the People of the Remembrance, if you do not know --
- Muhammad Asad
- For [even] before thy time, [O Muhammad,] We never sent [as Our apostles] any but [mortal] men, whom We inspired - hence, [tell the deniers of the truth,] “If you do not know this, ask the followers of earlier revelation”
- Sahih International
- And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | قَبْلَكَqablaka | before you | قبل |
| 4 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 5 | رِجَالًۭاrijālan | men | رجل |
| 6 | نُّوحِىٓnūḥī | We revealed | وحي |
| 7 | إِلَيْهِمْ ۖilayhim | to them | — |
| 8 | فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟fasalū | So ask | سأل |
| 9 | أَهْلَahla | (the) people | أهل |
| 10 | ٱلذِّكْرِl-dhik'ri | (of) the Reminder | ذكر |
| 11 | إِنin | if | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you | كون |
| 13 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 14 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | know | علم |