Quran 35:44 — Faatir, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have they not travelled in the land and seen how those before them met their end, although they were superior to them in strength? God is not to be frustrated by anything in the heavens or on the earth: He is all knowing, all powerful.
أَوَلَمْ يَسِيرُوا فِي الْأَرْضِ فَيَنْظُرُوا كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ وَكَانُوا أَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً ۚ وَمَا كَانَ اللَّهُ لِيُعْجِزَهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلَا فِي الْأَرْضِ ۚ إِنَّهُ كَانَ عَلِيمًا قَدِيرًا
awalam yasīrū fī l-arḍi fayanẓurū kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu alladhīna min qablihim wakānū ashadda min'hum quwwatan wamā kāna l-lahu liyuʿ'jizahu min shayin fī l-samāwāti walā fī l-arḍi innahu kāna ʿalīman qadīran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, have they not journeyed in the land and beheld how was the end of those before them? They were stronger than themselves in might; but God -- there is naught in the heavens or the earth that can frustrate Him. Surely He is All-knowing, All-powerful.
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they never journeyed about the earth and beheld what happened in the end to those [deniers of the truth] who lived before their time and were [so much] greater than they in power? And [do they not see that the will of] God can never be foiled by anything whatever in the heavens or on earth, since, verily, He is all-knowing, infinite in His power?
- Sahih International
- Have they not traveled through the land and observed how was the end of those before them? And they were greater than them in power. But Allāh is not to be caused failure [i.e., prevented] by anything in the heavens or on the earth. Indeed, He is ever Knowing and Competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Have they not | — |
| 2 | يَسِيرُوا۟yasīrū | traveled | سير |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the land | أرض |
| 5 | فَيَنظُرُوا۟fayanẓurū | and seen | نظر |
| 6 | كَيْفَkayfa | how | كيف |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | was | كون |
| 8 | عَـٰقِبَةُʿāqibatu | (the) end | عقب |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 10 | مِنmin | (were) before them | — |
| 11 | قَبْلِهِمْqablihim | (were) before them | قبل |
| 12 | وَكَانُوٓا۟wakānū | And they were | كون |
| 13 | أَشَدَّashadda | stronger | شدد |
| 14 | مِنْهُمْmin'hum | than them | — |
| 15 | قُوَّةًۭ ۚquwwatan | (in) power | قوي |
| 16 | وَمَاwamā | But not | — |
| 17 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 18 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 19 | لِيُعْجِزَهُۥliyuʿ'jizahu | that can escape (from) Him | عجز |
| 20 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 21 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 22 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 23 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 24 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 25 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 26 | ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 27 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 28 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 29 | عَلِيمًۭاʿalīman | All-Knower | علم |
| 30 | قَدِيرًۭاqadīran | All-Powerful | قدر |