Quran 36:14 — Yaseen, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent two messengers but they rejected both. Then We reinforced them with a third. They said, ‘Truly, we are messengers to you,’
إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ اثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا إِلَيْكُمْ مُرْسَلُونَ
idh arsalnā ilayhimu ith'nayni fakadhabūhumā faʿazzaznā bithālithin faqālū innā ilaykum mur'salūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- when We sent unto them two men, but they cried them lies, so We sent a third as reinforcement. They said, 'We are assuredly Envoys unto you.
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! We sent unto them two [apostles], and. they gave the lie to both; and so We strengthened [the two] with a third; and thereupon they said: “Behold, we have been sent unto you [by God]!”
- Sahih International
- When We sent to them two but they denied them, so We strengthened [them] with a third, and they said, "Indeed, we are messengers to you."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِذْidh | When | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَآarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | إِلَيْهِمُilayhimu | to them | — |
| 4 | ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni | two (Messengers) | ثني |
| 5 | فَكَذَّبُوهُمَاfakadhabūhumā | but they denied both of them | كذب |
| 6 | فَعَزَّزْنَاfaʿazzaznā | so We strengthened them | عزز |
| 7 | بِثَالِثٍۢbithālithin | with a third | ثلث |
| 8 | فَقَالُوٓا۟faqālū | and they said | قول |
| 9 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 10 | إِلَيْكُمilaykum | to you | — |
| 11 | مُّرْسَلُونَmur'salūna | (are) Messengers | رسل |