Quran 27:70 — An-Naml, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], do not grieve over them; do not be distressed by their schemes.
وَلَا تَحْزَنْ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا تَكُنْ فِي ضَيْقٍ مِمَّا يَمْكُرُونَ
walā taḥzan ʿalayhim walā takun fī ḍayqin mimmā yamkurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do not sorrow for them, nor be thou straitened for what they devise.
- Muhammad Asad
- But do not grieve over them, and neither be distressed by the false arguments which they devise [against Gods messages].
- Sahih International
- And grieve not over them or be in distress from what they conspire.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 2 | تَحْزَنْtaḥzan | grieve | حزن |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | over them | — |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 5 | تَكُنtakun | be | كون |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ضَيْقٍۢḍayqin | distress | ضيق |
| 8 | مِّمَّاmimmā | from what | — |
| 9 | يَمْكُرُونَyamkurūna | they plot | مكر |