Quran 28:47 — Al-Qasas, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and may not say, if a disaster should befall them as a result of what they have done with their own hands, ‘Lord, if only You had sent us a messenger, we might have followed Your message and become believers.’
وَلَوْلَا أَنْ تُصِيبَهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُوا رَبَّنَا لَوْلَا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ آيَاتِكَ وَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
walawlā an tuṣībahum muṣībatun bimā qaddamat aydīhim fayaqūlū rabbanā lawlā arsalta ilaynā rasūlan fanattabiʿa āyātika wanakūna mina l-mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Else, did an affliction visit them for that their own hands have forwarded then they might say, 'Our Lord, why didst Thou not send a Messenger to us that we might follow Thy signs and so be among the believers?'
- Muhammad Asad
- and [We have sent thee] lest they say [on Judgment Day], when disaster befalls them as an outcome of what their own hands have wrought, “O our Sustainer, if only Thou had sent an apostle unto us, we would have followed Thy messages, and would have been among those who believe!”
- Sahih International
- And if not that a disaster should strike them for what their hands put forth [of sins] and they would say, "Our Lord, why did You not send us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses and been among the believers?"...
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْلَآwalawlā | And if not | — |
| 2 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 3 | تُصِيبَهُمtuṣībahum | struck them | صوب |
| 4 | مُّصِيبَةٌۢmuṣībatun | a disaster | صوب |
| 5 | بِمَاbimā | for what | — |
| 6 | قَدَّمَتْqaddamat | had sent forth | قدم |
| 7 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 8 | فَيَقُولُوا۟fayaqūlū | and they would say | قول |
| 9 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 10 | لَوْلَآlawlā | Why not | — |
| 11 | أَرْسَلْتَarsalta | You sent | رسل |
| 12 | إِلَيْنَاilaynā | to us | — |
| 13 | رَسُولًۭاrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |
| 14 | فَنَتَّبِعَfanattabiʿa | so we (could have) followed | تبع |
| 15 | ءَايَـٰتِكَāyātika | Your Verses | أيي |
| 16 | وَنَكُونَwanakūna | and we (would) have been | كون |
| 17 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 18 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |