Quran 23:68 — Al-Muminoon, verse 68
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have they not contemplated the Word of God? Has something come to them that did not come to their forefathers?
أَفَلَمْ يَدَّبَّرُوا الْقَوْلَ أَمْ جَاءَهُمْ مَا لَمْ يَأْتِ آبَاءَهُمُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
afalam yaddabbarū l-qawla am jāahum mā lam yati ābāahumu l-awalīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Have they not pondered the saying, or came there upon them that which came not upon their fathers, the ancients?
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, then, never tried to understand this word [of God]? Or has there [now] come to them something that never came to their forefathers of old?
- Sahih International
- Then have they not reflected over the word [i.e., the Qur’ān], or has there come to them that which had not come to their forefathers?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَلَمْafalam | Then, do not | — |
| 2 | يَدَّبَّرُوا۟yaddabbarū | they ponder | دبر |
| 3 | ٱلْقَوْلَl-qawla | the Word | قول |
| 4 | أَمْam | or | — |
| 5 | جَآءَهُمjāahum | has come to them | جيأ |
| 6 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 7 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 8 | يَأْتِyati | (had) come | أتي |
| 9 | ءَابَآءَهُمُābāahumu | (to) their forefathers | أبو |
| 10 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna | (to) their forefathers | أول |