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Quran 6:91Al-An'aam, verse 91

M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation

They have no grasp of God’s true measure when they say, ‘God has sent nothing down to a mere mortal.’ Say, ‘Who was it who sent down the Scripture, which Moses brought as a light and a guide to people, which you made into separate sheets, showing some but hiding many? You were taught things that neither you nor your forefathers had known.’ Say, ‘God [sent it down],’ then leave them engrossed in their vain talk.

وَمَا قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ إِذْ قَالُوا مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِنْ شَيْءٍ ۗ قُلْ مَنْ أَنْزَلَ الْكِتَابَ الَّذِي جَاءَ بِهِ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِلنَّاسِ ۖ تَجْعَلُونَهُ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَعُلِّمْتُمْ مَا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا أَنْتُمْ وَلَا آبَاؤُكُمْ ۖ قُلِ اللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِي خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

wamā qadarū l-laha ḥaqqa qadrihi idh qālū mā anzala l-lahu ʿalā basharin min shayin qul man anzala l-kitāba alladhī jāa bihi mūsā nūran wahudan lilnnāsi tajʿalūnahu qarāṭīsa tub'dūnahā watukh'fūna kathīran waʿullim'tum mā lam taʿlamū antum walā ābāukum quli l-lahu thumma dharhum fī khawḍihim yalʿabūna

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Word-by-word analysis of Al-An'aam verse 91
#WordMeaningRoot
1وَمَاwamāAnd not
2قَدَرُوا۟qadarūthey appraisedقدر
3ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllahأله
4حَقَّḥaqqa(with) trueحقق
5قَدْرِهِۦٓqadrihi[of his] appraisalقدر
6إِذْidhwhen
7قَالُوا۟qālūthey saidقول
8مَآNot
9أَنزَلَanzalarevealedنزل
10ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allahأله
11عَلَىٰʿalāon
12بَشَرٍۢbasharina human beingبشر
13مِّنmin[of]
14شَىْءٍۢ ۗshayinanythingشيأ
15قُلْqulSayقول
16مَنْmanWho
17أَنزَلَanzalarevealedنزل
18ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Bookكتب
19ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
20جَآءَjāabroughtجيأ
21بِهِۦbihi[it]
22مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
23نُورًۭاnūran(as) a lightنور
24وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidanceهدي
25لِّلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsifor the peopleنوس
26تَجْعَلُونَهُۥtajʿalūnahuYou make itجعل
27قَرَاطِيسَqarāṭīsa(into) parchmentsقرطس
28تُبْدُونَهَاtub'dūnahāyou disclose (some of) itبدو
29وَتُخْفُونَwatukh'fūnaand you concealخفي
30كَثِيرًۭا ۖkathīranmuch (of it)كثر
31وَعُلِّمْتُمwaʿullim'tumAnd you were taughtعلم
32مَّاwhat
33لَمْlamnot
34تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūknewعلم
35أَنتُمْantumyou
36وَلَآwalāand not
37ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖābāukumyour forefathersأبو
38قُلِquliSayقول
39ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah (revealed it)أله
40ثُمَّthummaThen
41ذَرْهُمْdharhumleave themوذر
42فِىin
43خَوْضِهِمْkhawḍihimtheir discourse خوض
44يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūnaplayingلعب