Quran 28:72 — Al-Qasas, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Just think, if God were to cast perpetual day over you until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than He could give you night in which to rest? Do you not see?
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمُ النَّهَارَ سَرْمَدًا إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ مَنْ إِلَـٰهٌ غَيْرُ اللَّهِ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِلَيْلٍ تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ ۖ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ
qul ara-aytum in jaʿala l-lahu ʿalaykumu l-nahāra sarmadan ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati man ilāhun ghayru l-lahi yatīkum bilaylin taskunūna fīhi afalā tub'ṣirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If God should make the day unceasing over you, until the Day of Resurrection, what god other than God shall bring you night to repose in? Will you not see?
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Have you ever considered [this]: If God had willed that there should always be daylight about you, without break, until the Day of Resurrection - is there any deity other than God that could bring you [the darkness of] night, wherein you might rest? Will you not, then, see [the truth]?”
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if Allāh should make for you the day continuous until the Day of Resurrection, what deity other than Allāh could bring you a night in which you may rest? Then will you not see?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنin | if | — |
| 4 | جَعَلَjaʿala | Allah made | جعل |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah made | أله |
| 6 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | for you | — |
| 7 | ٱلنَّهَارَl-nahāra | the day | نهر |
| 8 | سَرْمَدًاsarmadan | continuous | سرمد |
| 9 | إِلَىٰilā | till | — |
| 10 | يَوْمِyawmi | (the) Day | يوم |
| 11 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | (of) the Resurrection | قوم |
| 12 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 13 | إِلَـٰهٌilāhun | (is the) god | أله |
| 14 | غَيْرُghayru | besides | غير |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | يَأْتِيكُمyatīkum | who could bring you | أتي |
| 17 | بِلَيْلٍۢbilaylin | night | ليل |
| 18 | تَسْكُنُونَtaskunūna | (for) you (to) rest | سكن |
| 19 | فِيهِ ۖfīhi | in it | — |
| 20 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then will not | — |
| 21 | تُبْصِرُونَtub'ṣirūna | you see | بصر |