Quran 6:53 — Al-An'aam, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We have made some of them a test for others, to make the disbelievers say, ‘Is it these men that God has favoured among us?’ Does God not know best who are the grateful ones?
وَكَذَٰلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِيَقُولُوا أَهَـٰؤُلَاءِ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ مِنْ بَيْنِنَا ۗ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّاكِرِينَ
wakadhālika fatannā baʿḍahum bibaʿḍin liyaqūlū ahāulāi manna l-lahu ʿalayhim min bayninā alaysa l-lahu bi-aʿlama bil-shākirīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Even so We have tried some of them by others that they may say, Are these the ones God has been gracious to among us?' Knows not God very well the thankful?
- Muhammad Asad
- For it is in this way that We try men through one another - to the end that they might ask, "Has God, then, bestowed His favour upon those others in preference to us?" Does not God know best as to who is grateful [to Him]?
- Sahih International
- And thus We have tried some of them through others that they [i.e., the disbelievers] might say, "Is it these whom Allāh has favored among us?" Is not Allāh most knowing of those who are grateful?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَذَٰلِكَwakadhālika | And thus | — |
| 2 | فَتَنَّاfatannā | We try | فتن |
| 3 | بَعْضَهُمbaʿḍahum | some of them | بعض |
| 4 | بِبَعْضٍۢbibaʿḍin | with others | بعض |
| 5 | لِّيَقُولُوٓا۟liyaqūlū | that they say | قول |
| 6 | أَهَـٰٓؤُلَآءِahāulāi | Are these | — |
| 7 | مَنَّmanna | (whom has been) favored | منن |
| 8 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 9 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | [upon them] | — |
| 10 | مِّنۢmin | from | — |
| 11 | بَيْنِنَآ ۗbayninā | among us | بين |
| 12 | أَلَيْسَalaysa | is not | ليس |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 14 | بِأَعْلَمَbi-aʿlama | most knowing | علم |
| 15 | بِٱلشَّـٰكِرِينَbil-shākirīna | of those who are grateful | شكر |