Quran 46:30 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Our people, we have been listening to a Scripture that came after Moses, confirming previous scriptures, giving guidance to the truth and the straight path.
قَالُوا يَا قَوْمَنَا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا كِتَابًا أُنْزِلَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُوسَىٰ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْحَقِّ وَإِلَىٰ طَرِيقٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ
qālū yāqawmanā innā samiʿ'nā kitāban unzila min baʿdi mūsā muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi yahdī ilā l-ḥaqi wa-ilā ṭarīqin mus'taqīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Our people, we have heard a Book that was sent down after Moses, confirming what was before it, guiding to the truth and to a straight path.
- Muhammad Asad
- They said: “O our people! Behold, we have been listening to a revelation bestowed from on high after [that of] Moses, confirming the truth of whatever there still remains [of the Torah]: it guides towards the truth, and onto a straight way.
- Sahih International
- They said, "O our people, indeed we have heard a [recited] Book revealed after Moses confirming what was before it which guides to the truth and to a straight path.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰقَوْمَنَآyāqawmanā | O our people | قوم |
| 3 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 4 | سَمِعْنَاsamiʿ'nā | [we] have heard | سمع |
| 5 | كِتَـٰبًاkitāban | a Book | كتب |
| 6 | أُنزِلَunzila | revealed | نزل |
| 7 | مِنۢmin | after | — |
| 8 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 9 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 10 | مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqan | confirming | صدق |
| 11 | لِّمَاlimā | what | — |
| 12 | بَيْنَbayna | (was) before it | بين |
| 13 | يَدَيْهِyadayhi | (was) before it | يدي |
| 14 | يَهْدِىٓyahdī | guiding | هدي |
| 15 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 16 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 17 | وَإِلَىٰwa-ilā | and to | — |
| 18 | طَرِيقٍۢṭarīqin | a Path | طرق |
| 19 | مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢmus'taqīmin | Straight | قوم |