Quran 36:30 — Yaseen, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Alas for human beings! Whenever a messenger comes to them they ridicule him.
يَا حَسْرَةً عَلَى الْعِبَادِ ۚ مَا يَأْتِيهِمْ مِنْ رَسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا بِهِ يَسْتَهْزِئُونَ
yāḥasratan ʿalā l-ʿibādi mā yatīhim min rasūlin illā kānū bihi yastahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ah, woe for those servants! Never comes unto them a Messenger, but they mock at him.
- Muhammad Asad
- OH, THE REGRETS that [most] human beings will have to bear! Never has an apostle come to them without their deriding him!
- Sahih International
- How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰحَسْرَةًyāḥasratan | Alas | حسر |
| 2 | عَلَىʿalā | for | — |
| 3 | ٱلْعِبَادِ ۚl-ʿibādi | the servants | عبد |
| 4 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 5 | يَأْتِيهِمyatīhim | came to them | أتي |
| 6 | مِّنmin | any | — |
| 7 | رَّسُولٍrasūlin | Messenger | رسل |
| 8 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 9 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they did | كون |
| 10 | بِهِۦbihi | mock at him | — |
| 11 | يَسْتَهْزِءُونَyastahziūna | mock at him | هزأ |