Quran 41:4 — Fussilat, verse 4
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
giving good news and warning. Yet most of them turn away and so do not hear.
بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا فَأَعْرَضَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ
bashīran wanadhīran fa-aʿraḍa aktharuhum fahum lā yasmaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- good tidings to bear, and warning, but most of them have turned away, and do not give ear.
- Muhammad Asad
- to be a herald of glad tidings as well as a warning. And yet, [whenever this divine writ is offered to men,] most of them turn away, so that they cannot hear [its message];
- Sahih International
- As a giver of good tidings and a warner; but most of them turn away, so they do not hear.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَشِيرًۭاbashīran | A giver of glad tidings | بشر |
| 2 | وَنَذِيرًۭاwanadhīran | and a warner | نذر |
| 3 | فَأَعْرَضَfa-aʿraḍa | but turn away | عرض |
| 4 | أَكْثَرُهُمْaktharuhum | most of them | كثر |
| 5 | فَهُمْfahum | so they | — |
| 6 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 7 | يَسْمَعُونَyasmaʿūna | hear | سمع |