Quran 46:10 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 10
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Have you thought: what if this Quran really is from God and you reject it? What if one of the Children of Israel testifies to its similarity [to earlier scripture] and believes in it, and yet you are too proud to [do the same]? God certainly does not guide evildoers.’
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كَانَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ وَكَفَرْتُمْ بِهِ وَشَهِدَ شَاهِدٌ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَىٰ مِثْلِهِ فَآمَنَ وَاسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ
qul ara-aytum in kāna min ʿindi l-lahi wakafartum bihi washahida shāhidun min banī is'rāīla ʿalā mith'lihi faāmana wa-is'takbartum inna l-laha lā yahdī l-qawma l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'Have you considered? If it be from God, and you disbelieve in it, and a witness from among the Children of Israel hears witness to its like, and believes, and you wax proud, God guides not the people of the evildoers.
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “Have you given thought [to how you will fare] if this be truly [a revelation] from God and yet you deny its truth? - even though a witness from among the children of Israel has already borne witness to [the advent of] one like himself, and has believed [in him], the while you glory in your arrogance [and reject his message]? Verily, God does not grace [such] evildoing folk with His guidance!”
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if it [i.e., the Qur’ān] was from Allāh, and you disbelieved in it while a witness from the Children of Israel has testified to something similar and believed while you were arrogant...?" Indeed, Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Do you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِنin | if | — |
| 4 | كَانَkāna | it is | كون |
| 5 | مِنْmin | from Allah | — |
| 6 | عِندِʿindi | from Allah | عند |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | from Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَكَفَرْتُمwakafartum | and you disbelieve | كفر |
| 9 | بِهِۦbihi | in it | — |
| 10 | وَشَهِدَwashahida | and testifies | شهد |
| 11 | شَاهِدٌۭshāhidun | a witness | شهد |
| 12 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 13 | بَنِىٓbanī | (the) Children of Israel | بني |
| 14 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (the) Children of Israel | — |
| 15 | عَلَىٰʿalā | to | — |
| 16 | مِثْلِهِۦmith'lihi | (the) like thereof | مثل |
| 17 | فَـَٔامَنَfaāmana | then he believed | أمن |
| 18 | وَٱسْتَكْبَرْتُمْ ۖwa-is'takbartum | while you are arrogant | كبر |
| 19 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 20 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 21 | لَاlā | (does) not | — |
| 22 | يَهْدِىyahdī | guide | هدي |
| 23 | ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawma | the people | قوم |
| 24 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |