Quran 7:53 — Al-A'raaf, verse 53
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
What are they waiting for but the fulfilment of its [final prophecy]? On the Day it is fulfilled, those who had ignored it will say, ‘Our Lord’s messenger spoke the truth. Is there anyone to intercede for us now? Or can we be sent back to behave differently from the way we behaved before?’ They will really have squandered their souls, and all [the idols] they invented will have deserted them.
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُ ۚ يَوْمَ يَأْتِي تَأْوِيلُهُ يَقُولُ الَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِنْ قَبْلُ قَدْ جَاءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِالْحَقِّ فَهَلْ لَنَا مِنْ شُفَعَاءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا لَنَا أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ ۚ قَدْ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُمْ مَا كَانُوا يَفْتَرُونَ
hal yanẓurūna illā tawīlahu yawma yatī tawīluhu yaqūlu alladhīna nasūhu min qablu qad jāat rusulu rabbinā bil-ḥaqi fahal lanā min shufaʿāa fayashfaʿū lanā aw nuraddu fanaʿmala ghayra alladhī kunnā naʿmalu qad khasirū anfusahum waḍalla ʿanhum mā kānū yaftarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Do they look for aught else but its interpretation? The day its interpretation comes, those who before forgot it shall say, 'Indeed, our Lord's Messengers came with the truth. Have we then any intercessors to intercede for us, or shall we be returned, to do other than that we have done?' They have indeed lost their souls, and that which they were forging has gone astray from them.
- Muhammad Asad
- Are [the unbelievers] but waiting for the final meaning of that [Day of Judgment] to unfold? [But] on the Day when its final meaning is unfolded, those who aforetime had been oblivious thereof will say: "Our Sustainer's apostles have indeed told us the truth! Have we, then, any intercessors who could intercede in our behalf? Or could we be brought back [to life] so that we might act otherwise than we were wont to act?" Indeed, they will have squandered their own selves, and all their false imagery will have forsaken them.
- Sahih International
- Do they await except its result? The Day its result comes, those who had ignored it before will say, "The messengers of our Lord had come with the truth, so are there [now] any intercessors to intercede for us or could we be sent back to do other than what we used to do?" They will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَلْhal | Do | — |
| 2 | يَنظُرُونَyanẓurūna | they wait | نظر |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 4 | تَأْوِيلَهُۥ ۚtawīlahu | (for) its fulfillment | أول |
| 5 | يَوْمَyawma | (The) Day | يوم |
| 6 | يَأْتِىyatī | (will) come | أتي |
| 7 | تَأْوِيلُهُۥtawīluhu | its fulfillment | أول |
| 8 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | will say | قول |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | نَسُوهُnasūhu | had forgotten it | نسي |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 13 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 14 | جَآءَتْjāat | had come | جيأ |
| 15 | رُسُلُrusulu | (the) Messengers | رسل |
| 16 | رَبِّنَاrabbinā | (of) our Lord | ربب |
| 17 | بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqi | with the truth | حقق |
| 18 | فَهَلfahal | so are (there) | — |
| 19 | لَّنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 20 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 21 | شُفَعَآءَshufaʿāa | intercessors | شفع |
| 22 | فَيَشْفَعُوا۟fayashfaʿū | so (that) they intercede | شفع |
| 23 | لَنَآlanā | for us | — |
| 24 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 25 | نُرَدُّnuraddu | we are sent back | ردد |
| 26 | فَنَعْمَلَfanaʿmala | so (that) we do (deeds) | عمل |
| 27 | غَيْرَghayra | other than | غير |
| 28 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | that which | — |
| 29 | كُنَّاkunnā | we used to | كون |
| 30 | نَعْمَلُ ۚnaʿmalu | do | عمل |
| 31 | قَدْqad | Verily | — |
| 32 | خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū | they lost | خسر |
| 33 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 34 | وَضَلَّwaḍalla | and strayed | ضلل |
| 35 | عَنْهُمʿanhum | from them | — |
| 36 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 37 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 38 | يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūna | invent | فري |