Quran 6:158 — Al-An'aam, verse 158
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Are they waiting for the very angels to come to them, or your Lord Himself, or maybe some of His signs? But on the Day some of your Lord’s signs come, no soul will profit from faith if it had none before, or has not already earned some good through its faith. Say, ‘Wait if you wish: we too are waiting.’
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا أَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ رَبُّكَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَ بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ ۗ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي بَعْضُ آيَاتِ رَبِّكَ لَا يَنْفَعُ نَفْسًا إِيمَانُهَا لَمْ تَكُنْ آمَنَتْ مِنْ قَبْلُ أَوْ كَسَبَتْ فِي إِيمَانِهَا خَيْرًا ۗ قُلِ انْتَظِرُوا إِنَّا مُنْتَظِرُونَ
hal yanẓurūna illā an tatiyahumu l-malāikatu aw yatiya rabbuka aw yatiya baʿḍu āyāti rabbika yawma yatī baʿḍu āyāti rabbika lā yanfaʿu nafsan īmānuhā lam takun āmanat min qablu aw kasabat fī īmānihā khayran quli intaẓirū innā muntaẓirūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, do they look for the angels to come to them, nothing less, or that thy Lord should come, or that one of thy Lord's signs should come? On the day that one of thy Lord's signs comes it shall not profit a soul to believe that never believed before, or earned some good in his belief. Say: 'Watch and wait; We too are waiting.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Do they, perchance, wait for the angels to appear unto them, or for thy Sustainer [Himself] to appear, or for some of thy Sustainer's [final] portents to appear? [But] on the Day when thy Sustainer's [final] portents do appear, believing will be of no avail to any human being who did not believe before, or who, while believing, did no good works. Say: "Wait, [then, for the Last Day, O unbelievers:] behold, we [believers] are waiting, too!"
- Sahih International
- Do they [then] wait for anything except that the angels should come to them or your Lord should come or that there come some of the signs of your Lord? The Day that some of the signs of your Lord will come no soul will benefit from its faith as long as it had not believed before or had earned through its faith some good. Say, "Wait. Indeed, we [also] are waiting."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْhal | Are | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they waiting | نظر |
| 3 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 4 | أَنan | that | — |
| 5 | تَأْتِيَهُمُtatiyahumu | comes to them | أتي |
| 6 | ٱلْمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُl-malāikatu | the Angels | ملك |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | comes | أتي |
| 9 | رَبُّكَrabbuka | your Lord | ربب |
| 10 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 11 | يَأْتِىَyatiya | comes | أتي |
| 12 | بَعْضُbaʿḍu | some (of) | بعض |
| 13 | ءَايَـٰتِāyāti | (the) Signs | أيي |
| 14 | رَبِّكَ ۗrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 15 | يَوْمَyawma | (The) Day | يوم |
| 16 | يَأْتِىyatī | (when) comes | أتي |
| 17 | بَعْضُbaʿḍu | some (of) | بعض |
| 18 | ءَايَـٰتِāyāti | (the) Signs | أيي |
| 19 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 20 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 21 | يَنفَعُyanfaʿu | will benefit | نفع |
| 22 | نَفْسًاnafsan | a soul | نفس |
| 23 | إِيمَـٰنُهَاīmānuhā | its faith | أمن |
| 24 | لَمْlam | not | — |
| 25 | تَكُنْtakun | (if) it had | كون |
| 26 | ءَامَنَتْāmanat | believed | أمن |
| 27 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 28 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 29 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 30 | كَسَبَتْkasabat | earned | كسب |
| 31 | فِىٓfī | through | — |
| 32 | إِيمَـٰنِهَاīmānihā | its faith | أمن |
| 33 | خَيْرًۭا ۗkhayran | any good | خير |
| 34 | قُلِquli | Say | قول |
| 35 | ٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟intaẓirū | Wait | نظر |
| 36 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 37 | مُنتَظِرُونَmuntaẓirūna | (are) those who wait | نظر |