Quran 57:16 — Al-Hadid, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Is it not time for believers to humble their hearts to the remembrance of God and the Truth that has been revealed, and not to be like those who received the Scripture before them, whose time was extended but whose hearts hardened and many of whom were lawbreakers?
أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ وَلَا يَكُونُوا كَالَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَطَالَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْأَمَدُ فَقَسَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
alam yani lilladhīna āmanū an takhshaʿa qulūbuhum lidhik'ri l-lahi wamā nazala mina l-ḥaqi walā yakūnū ka-alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba min qablu faṭāla ʿalayhimu l-amadu faqasat qulūbuhum wakathīrun min'hum fāsiqūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Is it not time that the hearts of those who believe should be humbled to the Remembrance of God and the Truth which He has sent down, and that they should not be as those to whom the Book was given aforetime, and the term seemed over long to them, so that their hearts have become hard, and many of them are ungodly?
- Muhammad Asad
- IS IT NOT time that the hearts of all who have attained to faith should feel humble at the remembrance of God and of all the truth that has been bestowed [on them] from on high, lest they become like those who were granted revelation aforetime, and whose hearts have hardened with the passing of time so that many of them are [now] depraved?
- Sahih International
- Has the time not come for those who have believed that their hearts should become humbly submissive at the remembrance of Allāh and what has come down of the truth? And let them not be like those who were given the Scripture before, and a long period passed over them, so their hearts hardened; and many of them are defiantly disobedient.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ أَلَمْalam | Has not | — |
| 2 | يَأْنِyani | come (the) time | أني |
| 3 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | تَخْشَعَtakhshaʿa | become humble | خشع |
| 7 | قُلُوبُهُمْqulūbuhum | their hearts | قلب |
| 8 | لِذِكْرِlidhik'ri | at (the) remembrance (of) Allah | ذكر |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | at (the) remembrance (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 11 | نَزَلَnazala | has come down | نزل |
| 12 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلْحَقِّl-ḥaqi | the truth | حقق |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 15 | يَكُونُوا۟yakūnū | they become | كون |
| 16 | كَٱلَّذِينَka-alladhīna | like those who | — |
| 17 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 18 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 19 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 20 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 21 | فَطَالَfaṭāla | (and) was prolonged | طول |
| 22 | عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimu | for them | — |
| 23 | ٱلْأَمَدُl-amadu | the term | أمد |
| 24 | فَقَسَتْfaqasat | so hardened | قسو |
| 25 | قُلُوبُهُمْ ۖqulūbuhum | their hearts | قلب |
| 26 | وَكَثِيرٌۭwakathīrun | and many | كثر |
| 27 | مِّنْهُمْmin'hum | of them | — |
| 28 | فَـٰسِقُونَfāsiqūna | (are) defiantly disobedient | فسق |