Quran 6:111 — Al-An'aam, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even if We sent the angels down to them, and the dead spoke to them, and We gathered all things right in front of them, they still would not believe, unless God so willed, but most of them are ignorant [of this].
وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا نَزَّلْنَا إِلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَكَلَّمَهُمُ الْمَوْتَىٰ وَحَشَرْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ قُبُلًا مَا كَانُوا لِيُؤْمِنُوا إِلَّا أَنْ يَشَاءَ اللَّهُ وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ يَجْهَلُونَ
walaw annanā nazzalnā ilayhimu l-malāikata wakallamahumu l-mawtā waḥasharnā ʿalayhim kulla shayin qubulan mā kānū liyu'minū illā an yashāa l-lahu walākinna aktharahum yajhalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Though We had sent down the angels to them, and the dead had spoken with them, had We mustered against them every thing, face to face, yet they would not have been the ones to believe, unless God willed; but most of them are ignorant.
- Muhammad Asad
- And even if We were to send down angels unto them, and if the dead were to speak unto them and [even if] We were to assemble before them, face to face, all the things [that can prove the truth], they would still not believe unless God so willed But [of this] most of them are entirely unaware.
- Sahih International
- And even if We had sent down to them the angels [with the message] and the dead spoke to them [of it] and We gathered together every [created] thing in front of them, they would not believe unless Allāh should will. But most of them, [of that], are ignorant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ وَلَوْwalaw | And (even) if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّنَاannanā | [that] We (had) | — |
| 3 | نَزَّلْنَآnazzalnā | [We] sent down | نزل |
| 4 | إِلَيْهِمُilayhimu | to them | — |
| 5 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةَl-malāikata | the Angels | ملك |
| 6 | وَكَلَّمَهُمُwakallamahumu | and spoken to them | كلم |
| 7 | ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtā | the dead | موت |
| 8 | وَحَشَرْنَاwaḥasharnā | and We gathered | حشر |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | before them | — |
| 10 | كُلَّkulla | every | كلل |
| 11 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 12 | قُبُلًۭاqubulan | face to face | قبل |
| 13 | مَّاmā | not | — |
| 14 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 15 | لِيُؤْمِنُوٓا۟liyu'minū | to believe | أمن |
| 16 | إِلَّآillā | unless | — |
| 17 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 18 | يَشَآءَyashāa | wills | شيأ |
| 19 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 20 | وَلَـٰكِنَّwalākinna | But | — |
| 21 | أَكْثَرَهُمْaktharahum | most of them | كثر |
| 22 | يَجْهَلُونَyajhalūna | (are) ignorant | جهل |