Quran 6:28 — Al-An'aam, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
No! The truth they used to hide will become all too clear to them. Even if they were brought back, they would only return to the very thing that was forbidden to them- they are such liars!
بَلْ بَدَا لَهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يُخْفُونَ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَوْ رُدُّوا لَعَادُوا لِمَا نُهُوا عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهُمْ لَكَاذِبُونَ
bal badā lahum mā kānū yukh'fūna min qablu walaw ruddū laʿādū limā nuhū ʿanhu wa-innahum lakādhibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- No; that which they were concealing before has now appeared to them; and even if they were returned, they would again commit the very thing they were prohibited; they are truly liars.
- Muhammad Asad
- But nay -[they will say this only because] the truth which they used to conceal [from themselves] in the past will have become obvious to them; and if they were brought back [to life], they would return to the very thing which was forbidden to them: for behold, they are indeed liars!
- Sahih International
- But what they concealed before has [now] appeared to them. And even if they were returned, they would return to that which they were forbidden; and indeed, they are liars.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بَلْbal | Nay | — |
| 2 | بَدَاbadā | became manifest | بدو |
| 3 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 4 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 5 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 6 | يُخْفُونَyukh'fūna | conceal | خفي |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | قَبْلُ ۖqablu | before | قبل |
| 9 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 10 | رُدُّوا۟ruddū | they were sent back | ردد |
| 11 | لَعَادُوا۟laʿādū | certainly they (would) return | عود |
| 12 | لِمَاlimā | to what | — |
| 13 | نُهُوا۟nuhū | they were forbidden | نهي |
| 14 | عَنْهُʿanhu | from it | — |
| 15 | وَإِنَّهُمْwa-innahum | and indeed they | — |
| 16 | لَكَـٰذِبُونَlakādhibūna | certainly are liars | كذب |