Quran 72:16 — Al-Jinn, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they had taken to the right way, We would have given them abundant water to drink-
وَأَنْ لَوِ اسْتَقَامُوا عَلَى الطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَاهُمْ مَاءً غَدَقًا
wa-allawi is'taqāmū ʿalā l-ṭarīqati la-asqaynāhum māan ghadaqan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Would they but go straight on the way, We would give them to drink of water copious,
- Muhammad Asad
- [KNOW,] THEN, that if they [who have heard Our call] keep firmly to the [right] path, We shall certainly shower them with blessings abundant,
- Sahih International
- And [Allāh revealed] that if they had remained straight on the way, We would have given them abundant rain [i.e., provision]
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأَلَّوِwa-allawi | And that if | — |
| 2 | ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟is'taqāmū | they had remained | قوم |
| 3 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 4 | ٱلطَّرِيقَةِl-ṭarīqati | the Way | طرق |
| 5 | لَأَسْقَيْنَـٰهُمla-asqaynāhum | surely We (would) have given them to drink | سقي |
| 6 | مَّآءًmāan | water | موه |
| 7 | غَدَقًۭاghadaqan | (in) abundance | غدق |