Quran 47:30 — Muhammad, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We could even point them out to you [Prophet] if We wished, and then you could identify them by their marks, but you will know them anyway by the tone of their speech. God knows everything you [people] do.
وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَأَرَيْنَاكَهُمْ فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمْ بِسِيمَاهُمْ ۚ وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْ فِي لَحْنِ الْقَوْلِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ أَعْمَالَكُمْ
walaw nashāu la-araynākahum falaʿaraftahum bisīmāhum walataʿrifannahum fī laḥni l-qawli wal-lahu yaʿlamu aʿmālakum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Did We will, We would show them to thee, then thou wouldst know them by their mark; and thou shalt certainly know them in the twisting of their speech; and God knows your deeds.
- Muhammad Asad
- Now had We so willed, We could have shown them clearly to thee, so that thou wouldst know them for sure as by a visible mark: but [even so,] thou wilt most certainly recognize them by the tone of their voice. And God knows all that you do, [O men;]
- Sahih International
- And if We willed, We could show them to you, and you would know them by their mark; but you will surely know them by the tone of [their] speech. And Allāh knows your deeds.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | نَشَآءُnashāu | We willed | شيأ |
| 3 | لَأَرَيْنَـٰكَهُمْla-araynākahum | surely, We could show them to you | رأي |
| 4 | فَلَعَرَفْتَهُمfalaʿaraftahum | and you would know them | عرف |
| 5 | بِسِيمَـٰهُمْ ۚbisīmāhum | by their marks | سوم |
| 6 | وَلَتَعْرِفَنَّهُمْwalataʿrifannahum | but surely, you will know them | عرف |
| 7 | فِىfī | by | — |
| 8 | لَحْنِlaḥni | (the) tone | لحن |
| 9 | ٱلْقَوْلِ ۚl-qawli | (of their) speech | قول |
| 10 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 11 | يَعْلَمُyaʿlamu | knows | علم |
| 12 | أَعْمَـٰلَكُمْaʿmālakum | your deeds | عمل |