Quran 6:20 — Al-An'aam, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those to whom We have given the Scripture know this as well as they know their own sons. Those who have lost their souls will not believe.
الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمُ ۘ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ
alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yaʿrifūnahu kamā yaʿrifūna abnāahumu alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fahum lā yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those to whom We have given the Book recognize it as they recognize their sons. Those who have lost their own souls, they do not believe.
- Muhammad Asad
- They unto whom we have vouchsafed revelation aforetime know this as they know their own children; yet those [of them] who have squandered their own selves -it is they who refuse to believe.
- Sahih International
- Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize it as they recognize their [own] sons. Those who will lose themselves [in the Hereafter] do not believe.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those (to) whom | — |
| 2 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumu | We have given them | أتي |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 4 | يَعْرِفُونَهُۥyaʿrifūnahu | they recognize him | عرف |
| 5 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 6 | يَعْرِفُونَyaʿrifūna | they recognize | عرف |
| 7 | أَبْنَآءَهُمُ ۘabnāahumu | their sons | بني |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 9 | خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū | lost | خسر |
| 10 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 11 | فَهُمْfahum | then they | — |
| 12 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 13 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | believe | أمن |