Quran 29:18 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you say this is a lie, [be warned that] other communities before you said the same. The messenger’s only duty is to give clear warning.’
وَإِنْ تُكَذِّبُوا فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ أُمَمٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ وَمَا عَلَى الرَّسُولِ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُ الْمُبِينُ
wa-in tukadhibū faqad kadhaba umamun min qablikum wamā ʿalā l-rasūli illā l-balāghu l-mubīnu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'But if you cry me lies, nations cried lies before you; and it is only for the Messenger to deliver the Manifest Message.'
- Muhammad Asad
- “And if you give [me] the lie - well, [other] communities have given the lie [to Gods prophets] before your time: but no more is an apostle bound to do than clearly deliver the message [entrusted to him].”
- Sahih International
- And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | تُكَذِّبُوا۟tukadhibū | you deny | كذب |
| 3 | فَقَدْfaqad | then verily | — |
| 4 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denied | كذب |
| 5 | أُمَمٌۭumamun | (the) nations | أمم |
| 6 | مِّنmin | before you | — |
| 7 | قَبْلِكُمْ ۖqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 9 | عَلَىʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 10 | ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūli | the Messenger | رسل |
| 11 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 12 | ٱلْبَلَـٰغُl-balāghu | the conveyance | بلغ |
| 13 | ٱلْمُبِينُl-mubīnu | clear | بين |