Quran 43:18 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 18
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘Someone who is brought up amongst trinkets, who cannot put together a clear argument?’
أَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّأُ فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ
awaman yunasha-u fī l-ḥil'yati wahuwa fī l-khiṣāmi ghayru mubīnin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, one who is reared amid ornaments and, when the time of altercation comes, is not to be seen?
- Muhammad Asad
- “What! [Am I to have a daughter -] one who is to be reared [only] for the sake of ornament?” and thereupon he finds himself torn by a vague inner conflict.
- Sahih International
- So is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allāh]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَمَنawaman | Then (is one) who | — |
| 2 | يُنَشَّؤُا۟yunasha-u | is brought up | نشأ |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | ٱلْحِلْيَةِl-ḥil'yati | ornaments | حلي |
| 5 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and he | — |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmi | the dispute | خصم |
| 8 | غَيْرُghayru | (is) not | غير |
| 9 | مُبِينٍۢmubīnin | clear | بين |