Quran 24:14 — An-Noor, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If it were not for God’s bounty and mercy towards you in this world and the next, you would already have been afflicted by terrible suffering for indulging in such talk.
وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ لَمَسَّكُمْ فِي مَا أَفَضْتُمْ فِيهِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ
walawlā faḍlu l-lahi ʿalaykum waraḥmatuhu fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati lamassakum fī mā afaḍtum fīhi ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- But for God's bounty to you and His mercy in the present world and the world to come there would have visited you for your mutterings a mighty chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- And were it not for God’s favour upon you, [O men,] and His grace in this world and in the life to come, awesome suffering would indeed have afflicted you in result of all [the calumny] in which you indulge
- Sahih International
- And if it had not been for the favor of Allāh upon you and His mercy in this world and the Hereafter, you would have been touched for that [lie] in which you were involved by a great punishment
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَاwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 2 | فَضْلُfaḍlu | (for the) Grace | فضل |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 5 | وَرَحْمَتُهُۥwaraḥmatuhu | and His Mercy | رحم |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | the world | دنو |
| 8 | وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِwal-ākhirati | and the Hereafter | أخر |
| 9 | لَمَسَّكُمْlamassakum | surely would have touched you | مسس |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 12 | أَفَضْتُمْafaḍtum | you had rushed glibly | فيض |
| 13 | فِيهِfīhi | concerning it | — |
| 14 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | a punishment | عذب |
| 15 | عَظِيمٌʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |