Quran 3:179 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 179
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Nor was it God’s aim to leave you as you were, with no separation between the bad and the good. God would not show you [people] what is hidden; God chooses as His messengers whoever He will. So believe in God and His messengers: if you believe and stay mindful of God, you will have a great reward.
مَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيَذَرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَىٰ مَا أَنْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّىٰ يَمِيزَ الْخَبِيثَ مِنَ الطَّيِّبِ ۗ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُطْلِعَكُمْ عَلَى الْغَيْبِ وَلَـٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَجْتَبِي مِنْ رُسُلِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۖ فَآمِنُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ ۚ وَإِنْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَلَكُمْ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ
mā kāna l-lahu liyadhara l-mu'minīna ʿalā mā antum ʿalayhi ḥattā yamīza l-khabītha mina l-ṭayibi wamā kāna l-lahu liyuṭ'liʿakum ʿalā l-ghaybi walākinna l-laha yajtabī min rusulihi man yashāu faāminū bil-lahi warusulihi wa-in tu'minū watattaqū falakum ajrun ʿaẓīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God will not leave the believers in the state in which you are, till He shall distinguish the corrupt from the good, and God will not inform you of the Unseen; but God chooses out of His Messengers whom He will. Believe you then in God and His Messengers; and if you believe and are godfearing, there shall be for you a mighty wage.
- Muhammad Asad
- It is not God's will [O you who deny the truth] to abandon the believers to your way of life: [and] to that end He will set apart the bad from the good. And it is not God's will to give you insight into that which is beyond the reach of human perception: but [to that end] God elects whomsoever He wills from among His apostles. Believe, then, in God and His apostles; for if you believe and are conscious of Him, a magnificent requital awaits you.
- Sahih International
- Allāh would not leave the believers in that [state] you are in [presently] until He separates the evil from the good. Nor would Allāh reveal to you the unseen. But [instead], Allāh chooses of His messengers whom He wills, so believe in Allāh and His messengers. And if you believe and fear Him, then for you is a great reward.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | مَّاmā | Not | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 3 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 4 | لِيَذَرَliyadhara | to leave | وذر |
| 5 | ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīna | the believers | أمن |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 7 | مَآmā | what | — |
| 8 | أَنتُمْantum | you (are) | — |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | in [it] | — |
| 10 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 11 | يَمِيزَyamīza | He separates | ميز |
| 12 | ٱلْخَبِيثَl-khabītha | the evil | خبث |
| 13 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 14 | ٱلطَّيِّبِ ۗl-ṭayibi | the good | طيب |
| 15 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 16 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 17 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 18 | لِيُطْلِعَكُمْliyuṭ'liʿakum | to inform you | طلع |
| 19 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 20 | ٱلْغَيْبِl-ghaybi | the unseen | غيب |
| 21 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | [and] but | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | يَجْتَبِىyajtabī | chooses | جبي |
| 24 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 25 | رُّسُلِهِۦrusulihi | His Messengers | رسل |
| 26 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 27 | يَشَآءُ ۖyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 28 | فَـَٔامِنُوا۟faāminū | so believe | أمن |
| 29 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 30 | وَرُسُلِهِۦ ۚwarusulihi | and His Messengers | رسل |
| 31 | وَإِنwa-in | and if | — |
| 32 | تُؤْمِنُوا۟tu'minū | you believe | أمن |
| 33 | وَتَتَّقُوا۟watattaqū | and fear (Allah) | وقي |
| 34 | فَلَكُمْfalakum | then for you | — |
| 35 | أَجْرٌajrun | (is a) reward | أجر |
| 36 | عَظِيمٌۭʿaẓīmun | great | عظم |