Quran 22:15 — Al-Hajj, verse 15
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Anyone who thinks that God will not support him in this world and the next should stretch a rope up to the sky, climb all the way up it, and see whether this strategy removes the cause of his anger.
مَنْ كَانَ يَظُنُّ أَنْ لَنْ يَنْصُرَهُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ بِسَبَبٍ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ ثُمَّ لْيَقْطَعْ فَلْيَنْظُرْ هَلْ يُذْهِبَنَّ كَيْدُهُ مَا يَغِيظُ
man kāna yaẓunnu an lan yanṣurahu l-lahu fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati falyamdud bisababin ilā l-samāi thumma l'yaqṭaʿ falyanẓur hal yudh'hibanna kayduhu mā yaghīẓu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Whosoever thinks God will not help him in the present world and the world to come; let him stretch up a rope to heaven, then let him sever it, and behold whether his guile does away with what enrages him.
- Muhammad Asad
- If anyone thinks that God will not succour him in this world and in the life to come, let him reach out unto heaven by any [other] means and [thus try to] make headway: and then let him see whether this scheme of his will indeed do away with the cause of his anguish.
- Sahih International
- Whoever should think that Allāh will not support him [i.e., Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)] in this world and the Hereafter - let him extend a rope to the ceiling, then cut off [his breath], and let him see: will his effort remove that which enrages [him]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَنman | Whoever | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | [is] | كون |
| 3 | يَظُنُّyaẓunnu | thinks | ظنن |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | لَّنlan | not | — |
| 6 | يَنصُرَهُyanṣurahu | Allah will help him | نصر |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah will help him | أله |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 10 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhirati | and the Hereafter | أخر |
| 11 | فَلْيَمْدُدْfalyamdud | then let him extend | مدد |
| 12 | بِسَبَبٍbisababin | a rope | سبب |
| 13 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 14 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 15 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 16 | لْيَقْطَعْl'yaqṭaʿ | let him cut off | قطع |
| 17 | فَلْيَنظُرْfalyanẓur | then let him see | نظر |
| 18 | هَلْhal | whether | — |
| 19 | يُذْهِبَنَّyudh'hibanna | will remove | ذهب |
| 20 | كَيْدُهُۥkayduhu | his plan | كيد |
| 21 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 22 | يَغِيظُyaghīẓu | enrages | غيظ |