Quran 23:113 — Al-Muminoon, verse 113
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and they will reply, ‘We stayed a day or a part of a day, but ask those who keep count.’
قَالُوا لَبِثْنَا يَوْمًا أَوْ بَعْضَ يَوْمٍ فَاسْأَلِ الْعَادِّينَ
qālū labith'nā yawman aw baʿḍa yawmin fasali l-ʿādīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They shall say, 'We have tarried a day, or part of a day; ask the numberers!'
- Muhammad Asad
- They will answer: ‘We have spent there a day, or part of a day; but ask those who [are able to] count [time] …”
- Sahih International
- They will say, "We remained a day or part of a day; ask those who enumerate."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They will say | قول |
| 2 | لَبِثْنَاlabith'nā | We remained | لبث |
| 3 | يَوْمًاyawman | a day | يوم |
| 4 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 5 | بَعْضَbaʿḍa | a part | بعض |
| 6 | يَوْمٍۢyawmin | (of) a day | يوم |
| 7 | فَسْـَٔلِfasali | but ask | سأل |
| 8 | ٱلْعَآدِّينَl-ʿādīna | those who keep count | عدد |