Quran 28:75 — Al-Qasas, verse 75
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We shall call a witness from every community, and say, ‘Produce your evidence,’ and then they will know that truth belongs to God alone; the gods they invented will forsake them.
وَنَزَعْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ شَهِيدًا فَقُلْنَا هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ فَعَلِمُوا أَنَّ الْحَقَّ لِلَّهِ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
wanazaʿnā min kulli ummatin shahīdan faqul'nā hātū bur'hānakum faʿalimū anna l-ḥaqa lillahi waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We shall draw out from every nation a witness, and say, 'Produce your proof!' Then will they know that Truth is God's, and there shall go astray from them that they were forging.
- Muhammad Asad
- And [they will remain silent: for by then] We will have called forth witnesses from within every community, and will have said [unto the sinners]: “Produce an evidence for what you have been claiming!” And so they will come to understand that all truth is God’s [alone]; and all their false imagery will have forsaken them.
- Sahih International
- And We will extract from every nation a witness and say, "Produce your proof," and they will know that the truth belongs to Allāh, and lost from them is that which they used to invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنَزَعْنَاwanazaʿnā | And We will draw forth | نزع |
| 2 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 3 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 4 | أُمَّةٍۢummatin | nation | أمم |
| 5 | شَهِيدًۭاshahīdan | a witness | شهد |
| 6 | فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nā | and We will say | قول |
| 7 | هَاتُوا۟hātū | Bring | هأت |
| 8 | بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakum | your proof | برهن |
| 9 | فَعَلِمُوٓا۟faʿalimū | Then they will know | علم |
| 10 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 11 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | the truth | حقق |
| 12 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (is) for Allah | أله |
| 13 | وَضَلَّwaḍalla | and (will be) lost | ضلل |
| 14 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | from them | — |
| 15 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 16 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used (to) | كون |
| 17 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | invent | فري |