Quran 6:35 — Al-An'aam, verse 35
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If you find rejection by the disbelievers so hard to bear, then seek a tunnel into the ground or a ladder into the sky, if you can, and bring them a sign: God could bring them all to guidance if it were His will, so do not join the ignorant.
وَإِنْ كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتَ أَنْ تَبْتَغِيَ نَفَقًا فِي الْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِي السَّمَاءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُمْ بِآيَةٍ ۚ وَلَوْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ ۚ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ
wa-in kāna kabura ʿalayka iʿ'rāḍuhum fa-ini is'taṭaʿta an tabtaghiya nafaqan fī l-arḍi aw sullaman fī l-samāi fatatiyahum biāyatin walaw shāa l-lahu lajamaʿahum ʿalā l-hudā falā takūnanna mina l-jāhilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And if their turning away is distressful for thee, why, if thou canst seek out a hole in the earth, or a ladder in heaven, to bring them some sign but had God willed, He would have gathered them to the guidance; so be not thou one of the ignorant.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if it distress thee that those who deny the truth turn their backs on thee - why, then, if thou art able to go down deep into the earth or to ascend a ladder unto heaven in order to bring them a [yet more convincing] message, [do so;] but [remember that] had God so willed, He would indeed have gathered them all unto [His] guidance. Do not, therefore, allow thyself to ignore [God's ways].
- Sahih International
- And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allāh had willed, He would have united them upon guidance. So never be of the ignorant.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 2 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 3 | كَبُرَkabura | difficult | كبر |
| 4 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | for you | — |
| 5 | إِعْرَاضُهُمْiʿ'rāḍuhum | their aversion | عرض |
| 6 | فَإِنِfa-ini | then if | — |
| 7 | ٱسْتَطَعْتَis'taṭaʿta | you are able | طوع |
| 8 | أَنan | to | — |
| 9 | تَبْتَغِىَtabtaghiya | seek | بغي |
| 10 | نَفَقًۭاnafaqan | a tunnel | نفق |
| 11 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 12 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 13 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 14 | سُلَّمًۭاsullaman | a ladder | سلم |
| 15 | فِىfī | into | — |
| 16 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the sky | سمو |
| 17 | فَتَأْتِيَهُمfatatiyahum | so that you bring to them | أتي |
| 18 | بِـَٔايَةٍۢ ۚbiāyatin | a Sign | أيي |
| 19 | وَلَوْwalaw | But if | — |
| 20 | شَآءَshāa | (had) willed | شيأ |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 22 | لَجَمَعَهُمْlajamaʿahum | surely He (would) have gathered them | جمع |
| 23 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 24 | ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۚl-hudā | the guidance | هدي |
| 25 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 26 | تَكُونَنَّtakūnanna | be | كون |
| 27 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 28 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīna | the ignorant | جهل |