Quran 46:22 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 22
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but they said, ‘Have you come to turn us away from our gods? If what you say is true, bring down that punishment you threaten us with!’
قَالُوا أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَأْفِكَنَا عَنْ آلِهَتِنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
qālū aji'tanā litafikanā ʿan ālihatinā fatinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'What, hast thou come to pervert us from our gods? Then bring us that thou promisest us, if indeed thou speakest truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- They answered: “Hast thou come to seduce us away from our gods? Bring, then, upon us that [doom] with which thou threaten us, if thou art a man of truth!”
- Sahih International
- They said, "Have you come to delude us away from our gods? Then bring us what you promise us, if you should be of the truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | أَجِئْتَنَاaji'tanā | Have you come to us | جيأ |
| 3 | لِتَأْفِكَنَاlitafikanā | to turn us away | أفك |
| 4 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 5 | ءَالِهَتِنَاālihatinā | our gods | أله |
| 6 | فَأْتِنَاfatinā | Then bring us | أتي |
| 7 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 8 | تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunā | you threaten us | وعد |
| 9 | إِنin | if | — |
| 10 | كُنتَkunta | you are | كون |
| 11 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 12 | ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna | the truthful | صدق |