Quran 7:185 — Al-A'raaf, verse 185
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Have they not contemplated the realm of the heavens and earth and all that God created, and that the end of their time might be near? What [other revelation] will they believe in if they do not believe in this?
أَوَلَمْ يَنْظُرُوا فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا خَلَقَ اللَّهُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ وَأَنْ عَسَىٰ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اقْتَرَبَ أَجَلُهُمْ ۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ
awalam yanẓurū fī malakūti l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā khalaqa l-lahu min shayin wa-an ʿasā an yakūna qadi iq'taraba ajaluhum fabi-ayyi ḥadīthin baʿdahu yu'minūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or have they not considered the dominion of the heaven and of the earth, and what things God has created, and that it may be their term is already nigh? In what manner of discourse then will they after this believe?
- Muhammad Asad
- Have they, then, never considered [God's] mighty dominion over the heavens and the earth, and all the things that God has created, and [asked themselves] whether, perchance, the end of their own term might already have drawn nigh? In what other tiding, then, will they, after this, believe?
- Sahih International
- Do they not look into the realm of the heavens and the earth and everything that Allāh has created and [think] that perhaps their appointed time has come near? So in what statement [i.e., message] hereafter will they believe?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوَلَمْawalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُوا۟yanẓurū | they look | نظر |
| 3 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 4 | مَلَكُوتِmalakūti | (the) dominion | ملك |
| 5 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 6 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 7 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 8 | خَلَقَkhalaqa | has (been) created | خلق |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (by) Allah | أله |
| 10 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 11 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | (every)thing | شيأ |
| 12 | وَأَنْwa-an | and that | — |
| 13 | عَسَىٰٓʿasā | perhaps | عسي |
| 14 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 15 | يَكُونَyakūna | has | كون |
| 16 | قَدِqadi | verily | — |
| 17 | ٱقْتَرَبَiq'taraba | come near | قرب |
| 18 | أَجَلُهُمْ ۖajaluhum | their term | أجل |
| 19 | فَبِأَىِّfabi-ayyi | So in what | — |
| 20 | حَدِيثٍۭḥadīthin | statement | حدث |
| 21 | بَعْدَهُۥbaʿdahu | after this | بعد |
| 22 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | will they believe | أمن |