Quran 28:45 — Al-Qasas, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have brought into being many generations who lived long lives- you did not live among the people of Midian or recite Our Revelation to them- We have always sent messengers to people-
وَلَـٰكِنَّا أَنْشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعُمُرُ ۚ وَمَا كُنْتَ ثَاوِيًا فِي أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُو عَلَيْهِمْ آيَاتِنَا وَلَـٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ
walākinnā anshanā qurūnan fataṭāwala ʿalayhimu l-ʿumuru wamā kunta thāwiyan fī ahli madyana tatlū ʿalayhim āyātinā walākinnā kunnā mur'silīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- but We raised up generations, and long their lives continued. Neither wast thou a dweller among the Midianites, reciting to them Our signs; but We were sending Messengers.
- Muhammad Asad
- nay, but [between them and thee] We brought into being [many] generations, and long was their span of life. And neither didst thou dwell among the people of Madyan, conveying Our messages unto them: nay, but We have [always] been sending [Our message-bearers unto man].
- Sahih International
- But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We were senders [of this message].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَـٰكِنَّآwalākinnā | But We | — |
| 2 | أَنشَأْنَاanshanā | [We] produced | نشأ |
| 3 | قُرُونًۭاqurūnan | generations | قرن |
| 4 | فَتَطَاوَلَfataṭāwala | and prolonged | طول |
| 5 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | for them | — |
| 6 | ٱلْعُمُرُ ۚl-ʿumuru | the life | عمر |
| 7 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 8 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 9 | ثَاوِيًۭاthāwiyan | a dweller | ثوي |
| 10 | فِىٓfī | among | — |
| 11 | أَهْلِahli | (the) people | أهل |
| 12 | مَدْيَنَmadyana | (of) Madyan | — |
| 13 | تَتْلُوا۟tatlū | reciting | تلو |
| 14 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 15 | ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātinā | Our Verses | أيي |
| 16 | وَلَـٰكِنَّاwalākinnā | but We | — |
| 17 | كُنَّاkunnā | [We] were | كون |
| 18 | مُرْسِلِينَmur'silīna | the Senders | رسل |