Quran 43:53 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Why has he not been given any gold bracelets? Why have no angels come to accompany him?’
فَلَوْلَا أُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ أَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ أَوْ جَاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنِينَ
falawlā ul'qiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min dhahabin aw jāa maʿahu l-malāikatu muq'tarinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Why then have bracelets of gold not been cast on him, or angels not come with him conjoined?'
- Muhammad Asad
- “And then - why have no golden armlets been bestowed on him? or why have no angels come together with him?”
- Sahih International
- Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَلَوْلَآfalawlā | Then why not | — |
| 2 | أُلْقِىَul'qiya | are placed | لقي |
| 3 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on him | — |
| 4 | أَسْوِرَةٌۭaswiratun | bracelets | سور |
| 5 | مِّنmin | of | — |
| 6 | ذَهَبٍdhahabin | gold | ذهب |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | جَآءَjāa | come | جيأ |
| 9 | مَعَهُmaʿahu | with him | — |
| 10 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 11 | مُقْتَرِنِينَmuq'tarinīna | accompanying (him) | قرن |