Quran 23:69 — Al-Muminoon, verse 69
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they not recognize their Messenger? So why do they reject him?
أَمْ لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا رَسُولَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَهُ مُنْكِرُونَ
am lam yaʿrifū rasūlahum fahum lahu munkirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or did they not recognise their Messenger and so denied him?
- Muhammad Asad
- Or is it, perchance, that they have not recognized their Apostle, and so they disavow him?
- Sahih International
- Or did they not know their Messenger, so they are toward him disacknowledging?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | لَمْlam | (do) not | — |
| 3 | يَعْرِفُوا۟yaʿrifū | they recognize | عرف |
| 4 | رَسُولَهُمْrasūlahum | their Messenger | رسل |
| 5 | فَهُمْfahum | so they | — |
| 6 | لَهُۥlahu | (are) rejecting him | — |
| 7 | مُنكِرُونَmunkirūna | (are) rejecting him | نكر |