Quran 31:20 — Luqman, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[People], do you not see how God has made what is in the heavens and on the earth useful to you, and has lavished His bless-ings on you both outwardly and inwardly? Yet some people argue about God, without knowledge or guidance or an illuminating scripture.
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا أَنَّ اللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَأَسْبَغَ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعَمَهُ ظَاهِرَةً وَبَاطِنَةً ۗ وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُجَادِلُ فِي اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَلَا هُدًى وَلَا كِتَابٍ مُنِيرٍ
alam taraw anna l-laha sakhara lakum mā fī l-samāwāti wamā fī l-arḍi wa-asbagha ʿalaykum niʿamahu ẓāhiratan wabāṭinatan wamina l-nāsi man yujādilu fī l-lahi bighayri ʿil'min walā hudan walā kitābin munīrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Have you not seen how that God has subjected to you whatsoever is in the heavens and earth, and He has lavished on you His blessings, outward and inward? And among men there is such a one that disputes concerning God without knowledge or guidance, or an illuminating Book;
- Muhammad Asad
- ARE YOU NOT aware that God has made subservient to you all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and has lavished upon you His blessings, both outward and inward? And yet, among men there is many a one that argues about God without having any knowledge [of Him], without any guidance, and without any light-giving revelation;
- Sahih International
- Do you not see that Allāh has made subject to you whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth and amply bestowed upon you His favors, [both] apparent and unapparent? But of the people is he who disputes about Allāh without knowledge or guidance or an enlightening Book [from Him].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَوْا۟taraw | you see | رأي |
| 3 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 5 | سَخَّرَsakhara | has subjected | سخر |
| 6 | لَكُمlakum | to you | — |
| 7 | مَّاmā | whatever | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | and whatever | — |
| 11 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 13 | وَأَسْبَغَwa-asbagha | and amply bestowed | سبغ |
| 14 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | upon you | — |
| 15 | نِعَمَهُۥniʿamahu | His Bounties | نعم |
| 16 | ظَـٰهِرَةًۭẓāhiratan | apparent | ظهر |
| 17 | وَبَاطِنَةًۭ ۗwabāṭinatan | and hidden | بطن |
| 18 | وَمِنَwamina | But of | — |
| 19 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 20 | مَنman | (is he) who | — |
| 21 | يُجَـٰدِلُyujādilu | disputes | جدل |
| 22 | فِىfī | about | — |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 24 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 25 | عِلْمٍۢʿil'min | knowledge | علم |
| 26 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 27 | هُدًۭىhudan | guidance | هدي |
| 28 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 29 | كِتَـٰبٍۢkitābin | a book | كتب |
| 30 | مُّنِيرٍۢmunīrin | enlightening | نور |