Quran 67:28 — Al-Mulk, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘Just think- regardless of whether God destroys me and my followers or has mercy on us- who will protect the disbelievers from an agonizing torment?’
قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِيَ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ مَعِيَ أَوْ رَحِمَنَا فَمَنْ يُجِيرُ الْكَافِرِينَ مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
qul ara-aytum in ahlakaniya l-lahu waman maʿiya aw raḥimanā faman yujīru l-kāfirīna min ʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'What think you? If God destroys me and those with me, or has mercy on us, then who will protect the unbelievers from a painful chastisement?'
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY [O Prophet]: "What do you think? Whether God destroys me and those who follow me, or graces us with His mercy - is there anyone that could protect [you] deniers of the truth from grievous suffering [in the life to come]?"
- Sahih International
- Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered: whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Have you seen | رأي |
| 3 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 4 | أَهْلَكَنِىَahlakaniya | destroys me | هلك |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 7 | مَّعِىَmaʿiya | (is) with me | — |
| 8 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 9 | رَحِمَنَاraḥimanā | has mercy upon us | رحم |
| 10 | فَمَنfaman | then who | — |
| 11 | يُجِيرُyujīru | (can) protect | جور |
| 12 | ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna | the disbelievers | كفر |
| 13 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 14 | عَذَابٍʿadhābin | a punishment | عذب |
| 15 | أَلِيمٍۢalīmin | painful | ألم |