Quran 43:48 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
even though each sign We showed them was greater than the previous one. We inflicted torment on them so that they might return to the right path.
وَمَا نُرِيهِمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ إِلَّا هِيَ أَكْبَرُ مِنْ أُخْتِهَا ۖ وَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
wamā nurīhim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min ukh'tihā wa-akhadhnāhum bil-ʿadhābi laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And not a sign We showed them, but it was greater than its sister sign; and We seized them with chastisement, that haply they should return.
- Muhammad Asad
- although each sign that We showed them was weightier than the preceding one: and [each time] We took them to task through suffering, so that they might return [to Us].
- Sahih International
- And We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 2 | نُرِيهِمnurīhim | We showed them | رأي |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 4 | ءَايَةٍāyatin | a Sign | أيي |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 6 | هِىَhiya | it | — |
| 7 | أَكْبَرُakbaru | (was) greater | كبر |
| 8 | مِنْmin | than | — |
| 9 | أُخْتِهَا ۖukh'tihā | its sister | أخو |
| 10 | وَأَخَذْنَـٰهُمwa-akhadhnāhum | and We seized them | أخذ |
| 11 | بِٱلْعَذَابِbil-ʿadhābi | with the punishment | عذب |
| 12 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 13 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |