Quran 30:6 — Ar-Room, verse 6
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is God’s promise: God never breaks His promise, but most people do not know;
وَعْدَ اللَّهِ ۖ لَا يُخْلِفُ اللَّهُ وَعْدَهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
waʿda l-lahi lā yukh'lifu l-lahu waʿdahu walākinna akthara l-nāsi lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The promise of God! God fails not His promise, but most men do not know it.
- Muhammad Asad
- [This is] God’s promise. Never does God fail to fulfill His promise - but most people know [it] not:
- Sahih International
- [It is] the promise of Allāh. Allāh does not fail in His promise, but most of the people do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَعْدَwaʿda | (It is the) Promise | وعد |
| 2 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 3 | لَاlā | (Does) not | — |
| 4 | يُخْلِفُyukh'lifu | fail | خلف |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَعْدَهُۥwaʿdahu | (in) His promise | وعد |
| 7 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | but | — |
| 8 | أَكْثَرَakthara | most (of) | كثر |
| 9 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | [the] people | نوس |
| 10 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 11 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |