Quran 29:48 — Al-Ankaboot, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
You never recited any Scripture before We revealed this one to you; you never wrote one down with your hand. If you had done so, those who follow falsehood might have had cause to doubt.
وَمَا كُنْتَ تَتْلُو مِنْ قَبْلِهِ مِنْ كِتَابٍ وَلَا تَخُطُّهُ بِيَمِينِكَ ۖ إِذًا لَارْتَابَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ
wamā kunta tatlū min qablihi min kitābin walā takhuṭṭuhu biyamīnika idhan la-ir'tāba l-mub'ṭilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Not before this didst thou recite any Book, or inscribe it with thy right hand, for then those who follow falsehood would have doubted.
- Muhammad Asad
- for, [O Muhammad,] thou hast never been able to recite any divine writ ere this one [was revealed], nor didst thou ever transcribe one with your own hand or else, they who try to disprove the truth [of thy revelation] might indeed have had cause to doubt [it].
- Sahih International
- And you did not recite before it any scripture, nor did you inscribe one with your right hand. Then [i.e., otherwise] the falsifiers would have had [cause for] doubt.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | كُنتَkunta | (did) you | كون |
| 3 | تَتْلُوا۟tatlū | recite | تلو |
| 4 | مِنmin | before it | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِهِۦqablihi | before it | قبل |
| 6 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 7 | كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābin | Book | كتب |
| 8 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 9 | تَخُطُّهُۥtakhuṭṭuhu | (did) you write it | خطط |
| 10 | بِيَمِينِكَ ۖbiyamīnika | with your right hand | يمن |
| 11 | إِذًۭاidhan | in that case | — |
| 12 | لَّٱرْتَابَla-ir'tāba | surely (would) have doubted | ريب |
| 13 | ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَl-mub'ṭilūna | the falsifiers | بطل |