Quran 40:34 — Al-Ghaafir, verse 34
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Joseph came to you before with clear signs, but you never ceased to doubt the message he brought you. When he died, you said, “God will not send another messenger.”’ In this way God leaves the doubting rebels to stray-
وَلَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِنْ قَبْلُ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِي شَكٍّ مِمَّا جَاءَكُمْ بِهِ ۖ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَنْ يَبْعَثَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ رَسُولًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ اللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُرْتَابٌ
walaqad jāakum yūsufu min qablu bil-bayināti famā zil'tum fī shakkin mimmā jāakum bihi ḥattā idhā halaka qul'tum lan yabʿatha l-lahu min baʿdihi rasūlan kadhālika yuḍillu l-lahu man huwa mus'rifun mur'tābun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Joseph brought you the clear signs before, yet you continued in doubt concerning that he brought you until, when he perished, you said, "God will never send forth a Messenger after him." Even, so God leads astray the prodigal and the doubter.'
- Muhammad Asad
- “And [remember:] it was to you that Joseph came aforetime with all evidence of the truth; but you never ceased to throw doubt on all [the messages] that he brought you - so much so that when he died, you said, ‘Never will God send any apostle [even] after him!’ “In this way God lets go astray such as waste their own selves by throwing suspicion [on His revelations] –
- Sahih International
- And Joseph had already come to you before with clear proofs, but you remained in doubt of that which he brought to you, until when he died, you said, 'Never will Allāh send a messenger after him.' Thus does Allāh leave astray he who is a transgressor and skeptic."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَقَدْwalaqad | And indeed | — |
| 2 | جَآءَكُمْjāakum | came to you | جيأ |
| 3 | يُوسُفُyūsufu | Yusuf | — |
| 4 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 5 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 6 | بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayināti | with clear proofs | بين |
| 7 | فَمَاfamā | but not | — |
| 8 | زِلْتُمْzil'tum | you ceased | زيل |
| 9 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 10 | شَكٍّۢshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 11 | مِّمَّاmimmā | about what | — |
| 12 | جَآءَكُمjāakum | he brought to you | جيأ |
| 13 | بِهِۦ ۖbihi | [with it] | — |
| 14 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | until | — |
| 15 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 16 | هَلَكَhalaka | he died | هلك |
| 17 | قُلْتُمْqul'tum | you said | قول |
| 18 | لَنlan | Never | — |
| 19 | يَبْعَثَyabʿatha | will Allah raise | بعث |
| 20 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | will Allah raise | أله |
| 21 | مِنۢmin | after him | — |
| 22 | بَعْدِهِۦbaʿdihi | after him | بعد |
| 23 | رَسُولًۭا ۚrasūlan | a Messenger | رسل |
| 24 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 25 | يُضِلُّyuḍillu | Allah lets go astray | ضلل |
| 26 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah lets go astray | أله |
| 27 | مَنْman | who | — |
| 28 | هُوَhuwa | [he] | — |
| 29 | مُسْرِفٌۭmus'rifun | (is) a transgressor | سرف |
| 30 | مُّرْتَابٌmur'tābun | a doubter | ريب |