Quran 23:56 — Al-Muminoon, verse 56
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We race to give them good things? They really have no idea!
نُسَارِعُ لَهُمْ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ ۚ بَلْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
nusāriʿu lahum fī l-khayrāti bal lā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We vie in good works for them? Nay, but they are not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- We [but want to] make them vie with one another in doing [what they consider] good works? Nay, but they do not perceive [their error]!
- Sahih International
- Is [because] We hasten for them good things? Rather, they do not perceive.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | نُسَارِعُnusāriʿu | We hasten | سرع |
| 2 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚl-khayrāti | the good | خير |
| 5 | بَلbal | Nay | — |
| 6 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 7 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they perceive | شعر |