Quran 36:45 — Yaseen, verse 45
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet when they are told, ‘Beware of what lies before and behind you, so that you may be given mercy,’
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ اتَّقُوا مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
wa-idhā qīla lahumu ittaqū mā bayna aydīkum wamā khalfakum laʿallakum tur'ḥamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when it is said to them, 'Fear what is before you and what is behind you; haply you will find mercy' --
- Muhammad Asad
- And [yet,] when they are told, “Beware of [God’s insight into] all that lies open before you and all that is hidden from you, so that you might be graced with His mercy,” [most men choose to remain deaf;]
- Sahih International
- But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy..."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمُlahumu | to them | — |
| 4 | ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqū | Fear | وقي |
| 5 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 6 | بَيْنَbayna | (is) before you | بين |
| 7 | أَيْدِيكُمْaydīkum | (is) before you | يدي |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 9 | خَلْفَكُمْkhalfakum | (is) behind you | خلف |
| 10 | لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakum | so that you may | — |
| 11 | تُرْحَمُونَtur'ḥamūna | receive mercy | رحم |