Quran 6:66 — Al-An'aam, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
yet your people still reject it even though it is the truth. Say, ‘I have not been put in charge of you.
وَكَذَّبَ بِهِ قَوْمُكَ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ ۚ قُلْ لَسْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ بِوَكِيلٍ
wakadhaba bihi qawmuka wahuwa l-ḥaqu qul lastu ʿalaykum biwakīlin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Thy people have cried it lies; yet it is the truth. Say: 'I am not a guardian over you.
- Muhammad Asad
- and yet, to all this thy peoples have given the lie, although it is the truth. Say [then]: "I am not responsible for your conduct.
- Sahih International
- But your people have denied it while it is the truth. Say, "I am not over you a manager [i.e., authority]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَكَذَّبَwakadhaba | But denied | كذب |
| 2 | بِهِۦbihi | it | — |
| 3 | قَوْمُكَqawmuka | your people | قوم |
| 4 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while it | — |
| 5 | ٱلْحَقُّ ۚl-ḥaqu | (is) the truth | حقق |
| 6 | قُلqul | Say | قول |
| 7 | لَّسْتُlastu | I am not | ليس |
| 8 | عَلَيْكُمʿalaykum | over you | — |
| 9 | بِوَكِيلٍۢbiwakīlin | a manager | وكل |