Quran 6:156 — Al-An'aam, verse 156
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
lest you say, ‘Scriptures were only sent down to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied,’
أَنْ تَقُولُوا إِنَّمَا أُنْزِلَ الْكِتَابُ عَلَىٰ طَائِفَتَيْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِنَا وَإِنْ كُنَّا عَنْ دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَافِلِينَ
an taqūlū innamā unzila l-kitābu ʿalā ṭāifatayni min qablinā wa-in kunnā ʿan dirāsatihim laghāfilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- lest you should say, 'The Book was sent down only upon two parties before us, and we have indeed been heedless of their study';
- Muhammad Asad
- It has been given to you] lest you say, "Only unto two groups of people, [both of them] before our time, has a divine writ been bestowed from on high and we were indeed unaware of their teachings";
- Sahih International
- [We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَنan | Lest | — |
| 2 | تَقُولُوٓا۟taqūlū | you say | قول |
| 3 | إِنَّمَآinnamā | Only | — |
| 4 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābu | the Book | كتب |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 7 | طَآئِفَتَيْنِṭāifatayni | the two groups | طوف |
| 8 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 9 | قَبْلِنَاqablinā | before us | قبل |
| 10 | وَإِنwa-in | and indeed | — |
| 11 | كُنَّاkunnā | we were | كون |
| 12 | عَنʿan | about | — |
| 13 | دِرَاسَتِهِمْdirāsatihim | their study | درس |
| 14 | لَغَـٰفِلِينَlaghāfilīna | certainly unaware | غفل |