Quran 43:21 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or have We perhaps given them a book before this one, to which they hold fast?
أَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَابًا مِنْ قَبْلِهِ فَهُمْ بِهِ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ
am ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mus'tamsikūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or did We bring them a Book aforetime to which they hold?
- Muhammad Asad
- Or have We, perchance, vouchsafed them, before this one, a revelation [to the contrary,] to which they are still holding fast?
- Sahih International
- Or have We given them a book before it [i.e., the Qur’ān] to which they are adhering?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمْātaynāhum | have We given them | أتي |
| 3 | كِتَـٰبًۭاkitāban | a book | كتب |
| 4 | مِّنmin | before it | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِهِۦqablihi | before it | قبل |
| 6 | فَهُمfahum | so they | — |
| 7 | بِهِۦbihi | to it | — |
| 8 | مُسْتَمْسِكُونَmus'tamsikūna | (are) holding fast | مسك |