Quran 68:32 — Al-Qalam, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but maybe our Lord will give us something better in its place: we truly turn to Him in hope.’
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
ʿasā rabbunā an yub'dilanā khayran min'hā innā ilā rabbinā rāghibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better than it; to our Lord we humbly turn.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] it may be that our Sustainer will grant us something better instead: for, verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn with hope!"
- Sahih International
- Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | عَسَىٰʿasā | Perhaps | عسي |
| 2 | رَبُّنَآrabbunā | our Lord | ربب |
| 3 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 4 | يُبْدِلَنَاyub'dilanā | will substitute for us | بدل |
| 5 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | a better | خير |
| 6 | مِّنْهَآmin'hā | than it | — |
| 7 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 8 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 9 | رَبِّنَاrabbinā | our Lord | ربب |
| 10 | رَٰغِبُونَrāghibūna | turn devoutly | رغب |