Quran 28:86 — Al-Qasas, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You yourself could not have expected the Scripture to be sent to you; it came only as a mercy from your Lord. So give no help to the disbelievers.
وَمَا كُنْتَ تَرْجُو أَنْ يُلْقَىٰ إِلَيْكَ الْكِتَابُ إِلَّا رَحْمَةً مِنْ رَبِّكَ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ ظَهِيرًا لِلْكَافِرِينَ
wamā kunta tarjū an yul'qā ilayka l-kitābu illā raḥmatan min rabbika falā takūnanna ẓahīran lil'kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thou didst not hope that the Book should be cast unto thee, except it be as a mercy from thy Lord; so be thou not a partisan of the unbelievers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now [as for thyself, O believer,] thou couldst never foresee that this divine writ would [one day] be offered to thee: but [it did come to thee] by thy Sustainer’s grace. Hence, never uphold those who deny the truth [of divine guidance],
- Sahih International
- And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كُنتَkunta | you were | كون |
| 3 | تَرْجُوٓا۟tarjū | expecting | رجو |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | يُلْقَىٰٓyul'qā | would be sent down | لقي |
| 6 | إِلَيْكَilayka | to you | — |
| 7 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābu | the Book | كتب |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 9 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | (as) a mercy | رحم |
| 10 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 11 | رَّبِّكَ ۖrabbika | your Lord | ربب |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 13 | تَكُونَنَّtakūnanna | be | كون |
| 14 | ظَهِيرًۭاẓahīran | an assistant | ظهر |
| 15 | لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīna | to the disbelievers | كفر |