Quran 6:9 — Al-An'aam, verse 9
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Indeed, if We had sent an angel as messenger, We would still have sent him in the form of a man, so increasing their confusion.
وَلَوْ جَعَلْنَاهُ مَلَكًا لَجَعَلْنَاهُ رَجُلًا وَلَلَبَسْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا يَلْبِسُونَ
walaw jaʿalnāhu malakan lajaʿalnāhu rajulan walalabasnā ʿalayhim mā yalbisūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And had We made him an angel, yet assuredly We would have made him a man, and confused for them the thing which they themselves are confusing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And (even] if We had appointed an angel as Our message-bearer, We would certainly have made him [appear as] a man - and thus We would only have confused them in the same way as they are now confusing themselves.
- Sahih International
- And if We had made him [i.e., the messenger] an angel, We would have made him [appear as] a man, and We would have covered them with that in which they cover themselves [i.e., confusion and doubt].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | جَعَلْنَـٰهُjaʿalnāhu | We had made him | جعل |
| 3 | مَلَكًۭاmalakan | an Angel | ملك |
| 4 | لَّجَعَلْنَـٰهُlajaʿalnāhu | certainly We (would) have made him | جعل |
| 5 | رَجُلًۭاrajulan | a man | رجل |
| 6 | وَلَلَبَسْنَاwalalabasnā | and certainly We (would) have obscured | لبس |
| 7 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | to them | — |
| 8 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 9 | يَلْبِسُونَyalbisūna | they are obscuring | لبس |