Quran 46:9 — Al-Ahqaf, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘I am nothing new among God’s messengers. I do not know what will be done with me or you; I only follow what is revealed to me; I only warn plainly.’
قُلْ مَا كُنْتُ بِدْعًا مِنَ الرُّسُلِ وَمَا أَدْرِي مَا يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلَا بِكُمْ ۖ إِنْ أَتَّبِعُ إِلَّا مَا يُوحَىٰ إِلَيَّ وَمَا أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ
qul mā kuntu bid'ʿan mina l-rusuli wamā adrī mā yuf'ʿalu bī walā bikum in attabiʿu illā mā yūḥā ilayya wamā anā illā nadhīrun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'I am not an innovation among the Messengers, and I know not what shall be done with me or with you. I only follow what is revealed to me; I am only a clear warner.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: “I am not the first of [God’s] apostles; and [like all of them,] I do not know what will be done with me or with you: for I am nothing but a plain warner.”
- Sahih International
- Say, "I am not something new among the messengers, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I only follow that which is revealed to me, and I am not but a clear warner."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 3 | كُنتُkuntu | I am | كون |
| 4 | بِدْعًۭاbid'ʿan | a new (one) | بدع |
| 5 | مِّنَmina | among | — |
| 6 | ٱلرُّسُلِl-rusuli | the Messengers | رسل |
| 7 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 8 | أَدْرِىadrī | I know | دري |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | يُفْعَلُyuf'ʿalu | will be done | فعل |
| 11 | بِىbī | with me | — |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 13 | بِكُمْ ۖbikum | with you | — |
| 14 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 15 | أَتَّبِعُattabiʿu | I follow | تبع |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 17 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 18 | يُوحَىٰٓyūḥā | is revealed | وحي |
| 19 | إِلَىَّilayya | to me | — |
| 20 | وَمَآwamā | and not | — |
| 21 | أَنَا۠anā | I am | — |
| 22 | إِلَّاillā | but | — |
| 23 | نَذِيرٌۭnadhīrun | a warner | نذر |
| 24 | مُّبِينٌۭmubīnun | clear | بين |