Quran 5:102 — Al-Maaida, verse 102
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Before you, some people asked about things, then ignored [the answers].
قَدْ سَأَلَهَا قَوْمٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحُوا بِهَا كَافِرِينَ
qad sa-alahā qawmun min qablikum thumma aṣbaḥū bihā kāfirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- A people before you questioned concerning them, then disbelieved in them.
- Muhammad Asad
- People before your time have indeed asked such questions-and in result thereof have come to deny the truth.
- Sahih International
- A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَدْqad | Indeed | — |
| 2 | سَأَلَهَاsa-alahā | asked them | سأل |
| 3 | قَوْمٌۭqawmun | a people | قوم |
| 4 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 5 | قَبْلِكُمْqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | أَصْبَحُوا۟aṣbaḥū | they became | صبح |
| 8 | بِهَاbihā | thereby | — |
| 9 | كَـٰفِرِينَkāfirīna | disbelievers | كفر |