Quran 38:16 — Saad, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They say, ‘Our Lord! Advance us our share of punishment before the Day of Reckoning!’
وَقَالُوا رَبَّنَا عَجِّلْ لَنَا قِطَّنَا قَبْلَ يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ
waqālū rabbanā ʿajjil lanā qiṭṭanā qabla yawmi l-ḥisābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They say, 'Our Lord, hasten to us our share before the Day of Reckoning.'
- Muhammad Asad
- As it is, they say [mockingly]: “O our Sustainer! Hasten on to us our share [of punishment even] before the Day of Reckoning!”
- Sahih International
- And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | رَبَّنَاrabbanā | Our Lord | ربب |
| 3 | عَجِّلʿajjil | Hasten | عجل |
| 4 | لَّنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 5 | قِطَّنَاqiṭṭanā | our share | قطط |
| 6 | قَبْلَqabla | before | قبل |
| 7 | يَوْمِyawmi | (the) Day | يوم |
| 8 | ٱلْحِسَابِl-ḥisābi | (of) the Account | حسب |