Quran 36:18 — Yaseen, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but they answered, ‘We think you are an evil omen. If you do not stop, we shall stone you, and inflict a painful torment on you.’
قَالُوا إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهُوا لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمْ مِنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
qālū innā taṭayyarnā bikum la-in lam tantahū lanarjumannakum walayamassannakum minnā ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'We augur ill of you. If you give not over, we will stone you and there shall visit you from us a painful chastisement.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [the others]: “Truly, we augur evil from you! Indeed, if you desist not, we will surely stone you, and grievous suffering is bound to befall you at our hands!”
- Sahih International
- They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 3 | تَطَيَّرْنَاtaṭayyarnā | [we] see an evil omen | طير |
| 4 | بِكُمْ ۖbikum | from you | — |
| 5 | لَئِنla-in | If | — |
| 6 | لَّمْlam | not | — |
| 7 | تَنتَهُوا۟tantahū | you desist | نهي |
| 8 | لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْlanarjumannakum | surely, we will stone you | رجم |
| 9 | وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُمwalayamassannakum | and surely will touch you | مسس |
| 10 | مِّنَّاminnā | from us | — |
| 11 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | a punishment | عذب |
| 12 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |