Quran 28:57 — Al-Qasas, verse 57
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They say, ‘If we were to follow guidance with you [Prophet], we would be swept from our land.’ Have We not established for them a secure sanctuary where every kind of produce is brought, as a provision from Us? But most of them do not comprehend.
وَقَالُوا إِنْ نَتَّبِعِ الْهُدَىٰ مَعَكَ نُتَخَطَّفْ مِنْ أَرْضِنَا ۚ أَوَلَمْ نُمَكِّنْ لَهُمْ حَرَمًا آمِنًا يُجْبَىٰ إِلَيْهِ ثَمَرَاتُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ رِزْقًا مِنْ لَدُنَّا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
waqālū in nattabiʿi l-hudā maʿaka nutakhaṭṭaf min arḍinā awalam numakkin lahum ḥaraman āminan yuj'bā ilayhi thamarātu kulli shayin riz'qan min ladunnā walākinna aktharahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'Should we follow the guidance with thee, we shall be snatched from our land.' Have We not established for them a sanctuary secure, to which are collected the fruits of everything, as a provision from Us? But most of them know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now some say, “If we were to follow the guidance to which thou invitest us, we would be torn away from our very soil!” Why - have We not established for them a sanctuary secure, to which, as a provision from Us, shall be gathered the fruits of all (good) things? But most of them are unaware [of this truth].
- Sahih International
- And they [i.e., the Quraysh] say, "If we were to follow the guidance with you, we would be swept from our land." Have We not established for them a safe sanctuary to which are brought the fruits of all things as provision from Us? But most of them do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوٓا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | إِنin | If | — |
| 3 | نَّتَّبِعِnattabiʿi | we follow | تبع |
| 4 | ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 5 | مَعَكَmaʿaka | with you | — |
| 6 | نُتَخَطَّفْnutakhaṭṭaf | we would be swept | خطف |
| 7 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 8 | أَرْضِنَآ ۚarḍinā | our land | أرض |
| 9 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Have not | — |
| 10 | نُمَكِّنnumakkin | We established | مكن |
| 11 | لَّهُمْlahum | for them | — |
| 12 | حَرَمًاḥaraman | a sanctuary | حرم |
| 13 | ءَامِنًۭاāminan | secure | أمن |
| 14 | يُجْبَىٰٓyuj'bā | are brought | جبي |
| 15 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to it | — |
| 16 | ثَمَرَٰتُthamarātu | fruits | ثمر |
| 17 | كُلِّkulli | (of) all | كلل |
| 18 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | things | شيأ |
| 19 | رِّزْقًۭاriz'qan | a provision | رزق |
| 20 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 21 | لَّدُنَّاladunnā | Us | لدن |
| 22 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | But | — |
| 23 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 24 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 25 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |