Quran 6:157 — Al-An'aam, verse 157
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
or ‘If only the Scripture had been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than them.’ Now clear evidence, guidance, and mercy have come to you from your Lord. Who could be more wrong than someone who rejects God’s revelations and turns away from them? We shall repay those who turn away with a painful punishment.
أَوْ تَقُولُوا لَوْ أَنَّا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا الْكِتَابُ لَكُنَّا أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ ۚ فَقَدْ جَاءَكُمْ بَيِّنَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ ۚ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّنْ كَذَّبَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا ۗ سَنَجْزِي الَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا سُوءَ الْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا يَصْدِفُونَ
aw taqūlū law annā unzila ʿalaynā l-kitābu lakunnā ahdā min'hum faqad jāakum bayyinatun min rabbikum wahudan waraḥmatun faman aẓlamu mimman kadhaba biāyāti l-lahi waṣadafa ʿanhā sanajzī alladhīna yaṣdifūna ʿan āyātinā sūa l-ʿadhābi bimā kānū yaṣdifūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- or lest you say, 'If the Book had been sent down upon us, we had surely been more rightly guided than they.' Yet indeed a clear sign has come to you from your Lord, and a guidance and a mercy; and who does greater evil than he who cries lies to God's signs, and turns away from them? We shall surely recompense those who turn away from Our signs with an evil chastisement for their turning away.
- Muhammad Asad
- or lest you say, "If a divine writ had been bestowed from on high upon us, we would surely have followed its guidance better than they did." And so, a clear evidence of the truth has now come unto you from your Sustainer, and guidance, and grace. Who, then, could be more wicked than he who gives the lie to God's messages, and turns away from them in disdain? We shall requite those who turn away from Our messages in disdain with evil suffering for having thus turned away!
- Sahih International
- Or lest you say, "If only the Scripture had been revealed to us, we would have been better guided than they." So there has [now] come to you a clear evidence from your Lord and a guidance and mercy. Then who is more unjust than one who denies the verses of Allāh and turns away from them? We will recompense those who turn away from Our verses with the worst of punishment for their having turned away.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | you say | قول |
| 3 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 4 | أَنَّآannā | [that] | — |
| 5 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 6 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 7 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبُl-kitābu | the Book | كتب |
| 8 | لَكُنَّآlakunnā | surely we (would) have been | كون |
| 9 | أَهْدَىٰahdā | better guided | هدي |
| 10 | مِنْهُمْ ۚmin'hum | than them | — |
| 11 | فَقَدْfaqad | So verily | — |
| 12 | جَآءَكُمjāakum | has come to you | جيأ |
| 13 | بَيِّنَةٌۭbayyinatun | clear proofs | بين |
| 14 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 15 | رَّبِّكُمْrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 16 | وَهُدًۭىwahudan | and a Guidance | هدي |
| 17 | وَرَحْمَةٌۭ ۚwaraḥmatun | and a Mercy | رحم |
| 18 | فَمَنْfaman | Then who | — |
| 19 | أَظْلَمُaẓlamu | (is) more unjust | ظلم |
| 20 | مِمَّنmimman | than (he) who | — |
| 21 | كَذَّبَkadhaba | denies | كذب |
| 22 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | [with] (the) Verses | أيي |
| 23 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 24 | وَصَدَفَwaṣadafa | and turns away | صدف |
| 25 | عَنْهَا ۗʿanhā | from them | — |
| 26 | سَنَجْزِىsanajzī | We will recompense | جزي |
| 27 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 28 | يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūna | turn away | صدف |
| 29 | عَنْʿan | from | — |
| 30 | ءَايَـٰتِنَاāyātinā | Our Signs | أيي |
| 31 | سُوٓءَsūa | (with) an evil | سوأ |
| 32 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | punishment | عذب |
| 33 | بِمَاbimā | because | — |
| 34 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 35 | يَصْدِفُونَyaṣdifūna | turn away | صدف |