Quran 6:40 — Al-An'aam, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Think: if the punishment of God or the Hour should come to you, would you call on anyone other than God, if you are being truthful?’
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُ اللَّهِ أَوْ أَتَتْكُمُ السَّاعَةُ أَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ تَدْعُونَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
qul ara-aytakum in atākum ʿadhābu l-lahi aw atatkumu l-sāʿatu aghayra l-lahi tadʿūna in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If God's chastisement comes upon you, or the Hour comes upon you, will you call upon any other than God if you speak truly?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Can you see yourselves invoking any but God when God's chastisement befalls you [in this world], or the Last Hour comes upon you? [Tell me this,] if you are men of truth!
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if there came to you the punishment of Allāh or there came to you the Hour - is it other than Allāh you would invoke, if you should be truthful?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتَكُمْara-aytakum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَتَىٰكُمْatākum | (there) came to you | أتي |
| 5 | عَذَابُʿadhābu | punishment | عذب |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 8 | أَتَتْكُمُatatkumu | (there) came to you | أتي |
| 9 | ٱلسَّاعَةُl-sāʿatu | the Hour | سوع |
| 10 | أَغَيْرَaghayra | is it other | غير |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (than) Allah | أله |
| 12 | تَدْعُونَtadʿūna | you call | دعو |
| 13 | إِنin | if | — |
| 14 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 15 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | truthful | صدق |