Quran 31:16 — Luqman, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[And Luqman continued], ‘My son, if even the weight of a mustard seed were hidden in a rock or anywhere in the heavens or earth, God would bring it [to light], for He is all subtle and all aware.
يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهَا إِنْ تَكُ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ فَتَكُنْ فِي صَخْرَةٍ أَوْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ أَوْ فِي الْأَرْضِ يَأْتِ بِهَا اللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ
yābunayya innahā in taku mith'qāla ḥabbatin min khardalin fatakun fī ṣakhratin aw fī l-samāwāti aw fī l-arḍi yati bihā l-lahu inna l-laha laṭīfun khabīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- 'O my son, if it should be but the weight of one grain of mustard-seed, and though it be in a rock, or in the heavens, or in the earth, God shall bring it forth; surely God is All-subtle, All-aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- “O my dear son,” [continued Luqman,] “verily, if there be but the weight of a mustard-seed, and though it be [hidden] in a rock, or in the skies, or in the earth, God will bring it to light: for, behold, God is unfathomable [in His wisdom], all-aware
- Sahih International
- [And Luqmān said], "O my son, indeed if it [i.e., a wrong] should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allāh will bring it forth. Indeed, Allāh is Subtle and Aware.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰبُنَىَّyābunayya | O my son | بني |
| 2 | إِنَّهَآinnahā | Indeed it | — |
| 3 | إِنin | if | — |
| 4 | تَكُtaku | it be | كون |
| 5 | مِثْقَالَmith'qāla | (the) weight | ثقل |
| 6 | حَبَّةٍۢḥabbatin | (of) a grain | حبب |
| 7 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 8 | خَرْدَلٍۢkhardalin | a mustard seed | خردل |
| 9 | فَتَكُنfatakun | and it be | كون |
| 10 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 11 | صَخْرَةٍṣakhratin | a rock | صخر |
| 12 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 13 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 14 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 15 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 16 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 17 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 18 | يَأْتِyati | Allah will bring it forth | أتي |
| 19 | بِهَاbihā | Allah will bring it forth | — |
| 20 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | Allah will bring it forth | أله |
| 21 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 22 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 23 | لَطِيفٌlaṭīfun | (is) All-Subtle | لطف |
| 24 | خَبِيرٌۭkhabīrun | All-Aware | خبر |