Quran 6:47 — Al-An'aam, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Think: if the punishment of God should come to you, by surprise or openly, would anyone but the evildoers be destroyed?’
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتَكُمْ إِنْ أَتَاكُمْ عَذَابُ اللَّهِ بَغْتَةً أَوْ جَهْرَةً هَلْ يُهْلَكُ إِلَّا الْقَوْمُ الظَّالِمُونَ
qul ara-aytakum in atākum ʿadhābu l-lahi baghtatan aw jahratan hal yuh'laku illā l-qawmu l-ẓālimūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If God's chastisement comes upon you, suddenly or openly, shall any be destroyed, except the people of the evildoers?'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "Can you imagine what your condition will be if God's chastisement befalls you, either suddenly or in a [gradually] perceptible manner? [But then-] will any but evildoing folk [ever] be destroyed?
- Sahih International
- Say, "Have you considered: if the punishment of Allāh should come to you unexpectedly or manifestly, will any be destroyed but the wrongdoing people?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتَكُمْara-aytakum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَتَىٰكُمْatākum | comes to you | أتي |
| 5 | عَذَابُʿadhābu | punishment | عذب |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | بَغْتَةًbaghtatan | suddenly | بغت |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | جَهْرَةًjahratan | openly | جهر |
| 10 | هَلْhal | will | — |
| 11 | يُهْلَكُyuh'laku | (any) be destroyed | هلك |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | ٱلْقَوْمُl-qawmu | the people | قوم |
| 14 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمُونَl-ẓālimūna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |