Quran 28:49 — Al-Qasas, verse 49
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say [Muhammad], ‘Then produce a book from God that gives better guidance than these two and I will follow it, if you are telling the truth.’
قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِكِتَابٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ هُوَ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمَا أَتَّبِعْهُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
qul fatū bikitābin min ʿindi l-lahi huwa ahdā min'humā attabiʿ'hu in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Bring a Book from God that gives better guidance than these, and follow it, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Produce, then, [another] revelation from God which would offer better guidance than either of these two [and] I shall follow it, if you speak the truth!”
- Sahih International
- Say, "Then bring a scripture from Allāh which is more guiding than either of them that I may follow it, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | فَأْتُوا۟fatū | Then bring | أتي |
| 3 | بِكِتَـٰبٍۢbikitābin | a Book | كتب |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | from Allah | — |
| 5 | عِندِʿindi | from Allah | عند |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | from Allah | أله |
| 7 | هُوَhuwa | which | — |
| 8 | أَهْدَىٰahdā | (is) a better guide | هدي |
| 9 | مِنْهُمَآmin'humā | than both of them | — |
| 10 | أَتَّبِعْهُattabiʿ'hu | that I may follow it | تبع |
| 11 | إِنin | if | — |
| 12 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 13 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |