Quran 43:29 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 29
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
I have let these people and their fathers enjoy long lives, and now I have given them the Truth and a messenger to make things clear-
بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ وَآبَاءَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ جَاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُبِينٌ
bal mattaʿtu hāulāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu l-ḥaqu warasūlun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Nay, but I gave these and their fathers enjoyment of days, until the truth came unto them, and a manifest Messenger.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now [as for those who did come after him,] I allowed them - as [I had allowed] their forebears - to enjoy their lives freely until the truth should come unto them through an apostle who would make all things clear:
- Sahih International
- However, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | مَتَّعْتُmattaʿtu | I gave enjoyment | متع |
| 3 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | (to) these | — |
| 4 | وَءَابَآءَهُمْwaābāahum | and their forefathers | أبو |
| 5 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 6 | جَآءَهُمُjāahumu | came to them | جيأ |
| 7 | ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu | the truth | حقق |
| 8 | وَرَسُولٌۭwarasūlun | and a Messenger | رسل |
| 9 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |